Actively engaged in private consulting and various advisory boards for academic, scientific, corporate and philanthropic organizations.

Served on the senior leadership team at the University of Central Florida in multiple key roles including Vice-President for Strategy, Marketing, Communications and Admissions, and Special Assistant to the President.

Over 30 years of distinguished military service encompassing numerous sea and shore assignments including command of a VA-75…a carrier-based A-6 Intruder squadron, USS Shreveport (LPD-12)…an amphibious transport ship supporting U.S. Marines, and USS Nimitz (CVN-68)…the lead ship of the nation’s largest class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Following completion of the U.S. Navy’s Test Pilot School, served as an advanced technology flight test officer at the Naval Air Test Center in Patuxent River, MD. Multiple flag assignments (General Officer) included Commander, Carrier Strike Group THREE during combat operations in Southwest Asia; Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, U.S. Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, HI; and Director, Assessment Division (N81), Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. In his final active duty assignment, VADM Harms commanded the Naval Education and Training Command from 2001-2005 where he served as the Navy’s Chief Learning Officer.