2024 Undergraduate Fall Commencement

Marques B. McCammon ’98 will deliver the address at the 2024 fall undergraduate commencement ceremony  Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, at 9 a.m. in First Horizon Coliseum’s Main Arena.

More than 1,200 students, including more than 300 graduate students, will participate in the Fall 2024 commencement ceremonies, which will be livestreamed.

The university has instituted a clear bag regulation for all commencement ceremonies. All attendees are required to abide by the regulation and are subject to bag size and type limits. The university reserves the right to impose the regulation at its discretion. 

McCammon is the president of Karma Automotive in Irvine, California, the state’s only ultra-luxury automaker. He graduated in 1998 from A&T with a B.S. in mechanical engineering and earned an M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan.

Since taking the helm at Karma in 2023, McCammon has focused on reinvigorating the brand and implementing alternate paths to revenue. His career spans nearly three decades of auto industry general management, product development, manufacturing, brand leadership and marketing experience with expansive knowledge of software-based automotive product advancement.

McCammon has served in numerous leadership and management positions domestically and internationally for premier automotive companies and partners such as Ricardo, where he was global managing director, automotive & industrial, and president, North America; Wind River, where he was vice president, global automotive, and general manager and senior director, auto products; and Aptera Motors, where he was chief marketing officer.

At Ricardo, an international environmental, engineering and transportation company, McCammon led a global team focused on sustainable mobility solutions that balance short-term internal combustion needs with long-term electrification and autonomy requirements.

At Intel subsidiary Wind River, McCammon was responsible for automotive software products, where he oversaw development of the division’s corporate business plans, led business and strategy development for auto-related merger and acquisition activity and directed a global team, including product and program management, engineering and marketing architecture.

McCammon also put his engineering prowess to use in creating the Dodge SRT-4 (Street and Racing Technology-4 cylinder); crafting the blueprint for Chrysler’s SRT moniker and designing the first modern four-door convertible.

A rising star in his industry, Detroit Business named McCammon one of 40 Young Executives making an impact in the Motor City. He also serves on the board of ConnectED: The National Center for College and Career.

McCammon lives in San Diego with his family.