Bret Kammersgard

Chief Financial Officer at Direct Line

Bret Kammersgard has a strong and extensive work experience spanning over several companies. Bret'smost recent position is as Chief Financial Officer at Direct Line Global since June 2020. Prior to this, they worked at Sandvine Inc as Vice President Finance from December 2015 to May 2020.

Before Sandvine Inc, Bret held the position of Vice President Finance at Harmonic from July 2012 to December 2015. In this role, they established and led a formal corporate FP&A function and acted as a financial business partner to CFO, CEO, and executive staff.

From 2008 to 2012, Bret served as the Director of Finance and later as the Director of Finance, New Venture Finance at Juniper Networks. In these positions, they provided financial analysis and planning for the Corporate Infrastructure organization, advised CFO staff on strategic and business planning, and managed the worldwide planning, analysis, and reporting activities.

Prior to that, Bret worked at Intuit as the Director of IT Financial Planning & Strategic Analytics from 2006 to 2008, providing financial oversight and guidance for all company-wide IT investments.

From 2004 to 2006, Bret was the Worldwide Business Unit Finance Controller at Avago Technologies, where they delivered financial guidance to VP and GM of Wireless Semiconductor Business Unit (WSBU) and oversaw all financial aspects of worldwide operations.

Starting in 2000, Bret worked at Agilent Technologies, first as the Worldwide Sales & Service Controller for the Automated Test/High Volume Manufacturing division, and later as the Worldwide Controller. In these roles, they provided financial guidance and analysis for sales and service teams responsible for generating substantial annual sales.

Bret began their career in 1993 at Hewlett-Packard, where they held various financial management roles and provided financial leadership and support to different organizations.

Overall, Bret Kammersgard has a diverse background in finance and has held several key leadership positions throughout their career.

Bret Kammersgard completed their B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from San Diego State University, where they studied from 1986 to 1988. Following this, they pursued their MBA from the University of Oregon, specializing in Finance and Business Environment Analysis, which they accomplished between 1990 and 1992.

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  • Chief Financial Officer

    June, 2020 - present