POTSDAM -- C5 Enterprises president and founder Ken Camarco will speak at Clarkson University's recognition ceremony Saturday, Dec. 17.

The university holds a December recognition ceremony for graduates who are not planning to return for the May commencement. Camarco, who earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical and industrial engineering from Clarkson, will address students and their families at the ceremony.

C5 Enterprises is a startup company developing material handling and cargo management products, in addition to providing advice to a variety of industries.

Camarco was previously the senior vice president of global operations and business systems for Pall Corporation, a filtration, separation and purification company providing fluid management needs of customers in life sciences and industry. In this role, he was responsible for global manufacturing, supply chain and information technology.

Camarco was a member of Pall Corp.’s executive management team, and in 2014 he was appointed chief customer satisfaction officer to lead the corporation’s "customer first" initiatives. During his tenure at Pall, Camarco developed a new operations strategy and developed the team and associated systems to deploy it. In 2015, Pall was sold to Danaher Corp.

Prior to joining Pall Corp, Camarco was a founder and principal in the WaxWing Group, a global business development, technology and process improvement advisory firm.