David T. Ackerman structures and executes complex transactions at the intersection of critical infrastructure, capital formation, policy, and national security. His work spans energy, data centers, quantum technology, critical minerals, and financial infrastructure. Most of his work happens in the gaps between those sectors, where the operational, regulatory, and commercial pieces must move at once.

He is a licensed attorney and a FINRA Arbitrator, and is affiliated with the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC), a Department of Defense technical authority. Much of his work turns on the regulatory questions that decide whether a transaction is allowed to exist, from critical-minerals sourcing outside China to the sanctions regimes that govern how value moves across borders. He has worked directly with U.S. agencies, including the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Homeland Security, on illicit-finance; authored a comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission on the custody of digital-asset securities; and served as a New York State Bar Association delegate to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law.

David runs a private advisory practice based in New York and Washington, and is typically brought in at inflection points: term sheet to close, regulatory impasse, investor misalignment, and the window when execution risk is highest. He is Chief Executive Officer of American Electrodynamics and a Partner at VoltScape. He also serves as Senior Strategic Advisor to Anne Martina.

David holds a Juris Doctor from Hofstra University School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Business and Law, and a Bachelor of Science with honors from the University of Central Florida.