Jeff Gardner

Jeff Gardner was appointed President and CEO of CalAmp in July 2020, and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the company since January 2015. He served as Interim President & CEO from March 25, 2020 until July 2, 2020. Previously, he served as the president and CEO of Brinks Home Security. He also serves as a director of Qorvo, Inc., the holding company under which RF Micro Devices, Inc. and TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. were combined in 2014.

Gardner had been a member of the board of directors of RF Micro Devices, Inc. since 2004. In addition, from 2005 until 2015, he was a member of the board of directors of Windstream Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions, including cloud computing and managed services to businesses nationwide. From 2005 to 2014, Gardner also served as the president and chief executive officer of Windstream. Before joining Windstream, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Alltel Corp. Earlier, he held a variety of senior management positions at 360 Communications, which merged with Alltel in 1998.

Gardner received a bachelor of arts degree in finance from Purdue University and a master’s degree in business administration from The College of William and Mary.

He is currently an NACD Board Leadership Fellow and NACD Governance Fellow, and he previously served on several national associations including the Business Roundtable and the United States Telecom Association.