Ross Wilkers
Scott Scheimreif serves as executive vice president for Iridium“™s government programs division where he is responsible for the company“™s overall government sales, marketing and business development strategies with an emphasis on the U.S. defense and intelligence markets.
He also leads the oversight of the management and delivery of Iridium“™s product and services portfolio into new military and government markets.
Iridium credits the 10-year company veteran for his work to double Iridium“™s government business and to introduce new products and services intogovernment marketplace.
He led Iridium“™s strategic efforts to design and launch a global netted service, known as the Distributed Tactical Communications Systems, in response to a demand to provide tactical voice and data communications for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Scheimreif oversaw the modernization and evolution of the DoD-dedicated Iridium gateway through a series of updates and sought to ensure interoperability through the transition to Iridium NEXT, Iridium“™s next-generation satellite constellation.
Scheimreif holds a bachelor“™s degree in business administration from Salisbury University and is a member of the Armed Forces Communication Electronics Association.
