John Palms

John Michael Palms is currently the Director at Maroon Biotech Corp., President-Emeritus & Professor-Emeritus at the University of South Carolina, and Manager at Agdaptive LLC.
He previously held positions such as Chairman at the Institute for Defense Analyses, Director at Computer Task Group, Inc., and Independent Director at Exelon Corp.
Palms has also served as a Director for various organizations including Mynd Corp., The GEO Group, Inc., Assurant, Inc., Simcom International, Inc., Carolina First Bank (North Carolina), Spoleto Festival USA, South Carolina State University Foundation, Inc., and NationsBank, NA (Charlotte, North Carolina).
He was also the Vice President-Academic Affairs at Emory University and President at Georgia State University.
Palms received his graduate degree from Emory University, undergraduate degree from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and doctorate from The University of New Mexico.