Mr. Desch has served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Iridium Communications Inc., a global mobile, voice, and data satellite communications company, since 2009. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Iridium Communications Inc.’s predecessor, Iridium Holdings LLC, beginning in 2006. Prior to joining Iridium Communications, Inc., Mr. Desch served as Chief Executive Officer of Telcordia Technologies, Inc., a telecommunications software services provider that is now part of Ericsson. Previously, he spent 13 years at Nortel Networks Corporation, including as president of the company’s global wireless networks business, and as President of Global Carriers. Since 2025, Mr. Desch has served on the board of directors of Verisign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), a global provider of internet infrastructure and currently serves on the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Mr. Desch has served on the Unisys Board of Directors since 2019 and is the Chair of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee.
Mr. Desch’s deep understanding of critical infrastructure, gained from 35 years in the telecommunications industry, brings Unisys a unique and valuable perspective on the security challenges faced around the globe. In addition, Mr. Desch can draw upon his extensive expertise in cybersecurity, finance, mergers and acquisitions and human capital management, together with over twenty years of experience as a public company chief executive officer, to provide important strategic and operational advice as the Company faces the challenges of a highly competitive IT services marketplace.