Q&A| MDA Corp. CEO Friedmann steps down, saying company needs a U.S. citizen to grow

MDA Corp. Chief Executive Daniel E. Friedmann's decision to leave his job after 20 years at first blush looks like an injustice: He carries the wrong passport (Canadian) for a company whose growth is in part tied to U.S. government contracts, and he lives in the wrong place - British Columbia, not Palo Alto, California, where MDA's growth engine, satellite builder SSL, is located. SpaceNews.com