David K. Panton founded American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc. and Navigation Capital Partners, Inc. Presently, he occupies the position of Chairman at Navigation Capital Acquisition IX Corp., Chairman and CEO at Panton Equity Partners Management Co. LLC and Director & Manager at SPAC Opportunity Partners LLC. David K. Panton is also Adjunct Professor at Emory University and on the board of 5 other companies.

In the past Dr. Panton occupied the position of Chief Strategy Officer at American Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc., Partner at Navigation Capital Partners, Inc. and Vice President at Mellon Ventures, Inc. (a subsidiary of Navigation Capital Partners, Inc.) and Investment Banker at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc.

David K. Panton received a doctorate from the University of Oxford, an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a graduate degree from Harvard Law School.