Suzanne E. McBride

Suzanne E. McBride

Chief Operations Officer & Board Member

Iridium

Board Member

Skyworks

Suzanne E. McBride is the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Iridium Communications Inc., the only satellite communications company that offers truly global voice and data coverage, serving in this role since February 2019 and as a director of the company since May 2020. Suzi served as Chief Operating Officer of OneWeb, Ltd., a privately held company building a space-based global communications network, from October 2018 to January 2019 and as its Senior Vice President from 2016 to October 2018. Previously, she was employed by Iridium Satellite LLC, Iridium’s primary operating subsidiary, in a series of positions with increasing responsibility from 2007 until 2016, most recently serving as Vice President, Program Management Office and Launch Services, a role in which she oversaw the launch program for our second-generation constellation. Suzi has more than 30 years of experience in the satellite industry, including as a senior engineer at Motorola's Satellite Communications Group during the building and launching of the original Iridium satellite constellation in the 1990s as well as deploying 2G and 3G networks. Since February 2022, she has served as a director of the publicly held company Skyworks Solutions, Inc.