Chase C. Stockon is CEO and President of Panther International, LLC, the custom software application development and technology firm he founded in 1994. He is responsible for leading Panther's dynamic growth, organizational vision, and strategic consulting services. Chase has more than 20 years experience in software development and transportation and has worked with government agencies and corporations from Alaska to Puerto Rico and many locales in between.

Chase has an extensive transportation background with experience in regional system planning, airport master planning, and transportation grant management. His specialties include systems integration, project development, grant management, and computer programming.

He has developed software models for activity forecasting, CIP management, facility and pavement systems integration, airport inspection, airport development coordination, ground access evaluation, and heliport demand projection. Key projects include software development of computerized JACIP, programming for the Florida Aviation Database at the Florida Department of Transportation, and the development of computer applications to assist state personnel in the inspection and licensing of airports.

Previously, he was the Director of the Center for Aviation Research and Education in Washington, D.C., a non-profit aviation education and research foundation associated with NASAO. He has also been the Manager of Aviation Planning for Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) where he was responsible for all regional aviation programs in the Denver metropolitan area, as well as an aviation planner for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) in California.

Chase received his Bachelor of Science degree in International Business Management from Colorado State University and received his M.B.A. in International Transportation from San Francisco State University. He has also attended graduate studies in New Mexico and Tokyo, Japan.

Chase is heavily involved in community and civic activities. He currently serves or has served on the following boards/committees: Florida Aquarium (Board Chairman, Aquarium Foundation Chairman, Audit Committee Chairman), Leadership Florida (Regional Chairman), Florida League of Cities (Judge-Cities of Excellence), Florida AeroPac (Vice-Chairman, Political Action Committee), Florida Airports Council (Committee Member), The Spring of Tampa Bay (Chairman of Budget and Performance Oversight Committee, Chairman of Transition Committee), National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (Consultant), Leadership Tampa Bay (Board of Directors), Leadership Tampa Class of 1999 (Class President), Transportation Research Board (Committee for Intergovernmental Relations), Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center (Vice- Chairman, Producer Board), Tampa Bay & Company (Board Member), Tony Jannus Distinguished Aviation Society, and Colorado Department of Transportation Transition Team on Aviation.

Past awards include: 2008 Parke Wright III Leadership Award Recipient, 2007 and 2002 Corporate Eagle Award Recipient.