About

Kevin McDonnell served as AeroVironment's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from May 1, 2025, having been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since February 2020. Before joining the company he was Senior Vice President and CFO of JAMS, Inc. from 2014 to 2020 and held finance-leadership roles at Orange County Container Group, Leiner Health Products and Memorex Corporation, among others. He announced his intent to retire on July 31, 2026, continuing as CFO through April 30, 2026 before transitioning to a non-officer capacity to assist his successor.

Roles

AeroVironment Inc.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (through April 30, 2026) · Current role
2020–present
AeroVironment, Inc.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
2020-2025
JAMS, Inc.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
2014-2020
DoubleBeam, Inc.
Co-founder
2011-2014
Orange County Container Group LLC
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
2008-2011
Leiner Health Products
Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, and CFO
2006-2008
Memorex Corporation
Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, and CFO
2004-2006

Fixed Compensation

FY FY2025
Base salary
$495,019
NoteFY2025 base salary per SEC Summary Compensation Table
Bonus
$34,651
NoteDiscretionary cash bonus per SEC Summary Compensation Table
All other compensation
$30,222
Note401(k) match, life-insurance premiums and tuition reimbursement

Performance Compensation

Data from FY FY2025

Cash incentive

Non-equity incentive (annual cash bonus)
$397,452
Target Opportunity
—
PlanFY2025 Company Annual Cash Bonus Plan
MetricsConsolidated company revenue, annual bookings and adjusted EBITDA plus fifteen strategic objectives; FY2025 payout 114.7% of target

Stock awards

Stock awards
$1,576,623
FormPerformance-based restricted stock units (PRSUs, FY2025-2027 performance period) and time-based restricted stock; grant-date fair value at probable outcome
MaximumPRSU grant-date value assuming maximum (highest) performance: $2,010,543

Also at AeroVironment Inc.

Colleague
Wahid Nawabi
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Colleague
Edward R. Muller
Lead Independent Director; Chair of the Audit Committee
Colleague
Charles Thomas Burbage
Independent Director; Chair of the Compensation Committee

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