He is noted for his work as a former Electronic and Computer Systems Engineer in the US Air Force who served in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.

[1] His wife, LaVerne Harmon, the President of Wilmington University, is well-known as the first African-American woman to lead a Delaware college or university.

[2][3][4][5] Harmon is a graduate of Virginia Union University with a BS in Mathematics.

He has worked in more than 70 countries for such companies as Computer Sciences Corporation, JP Morgan Chase, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, ALICO Life Insurance, MetLife, DuPont, and others.

He is the Founder and CEO of StratiTech, an IT consulting company,[7] and the non-profit organization ReEntry Delaware (or Re-Entry Delaware), a charitable non-profit organization.