University of Illinois College of Law

About

David Glockner is the Chief Compliance Officer of Citadel, a leading hedge fund based in Chicago. From December 2013 through November 2017 he served as Regional Director of the Chicago Regional Office of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, overseeing the SEC’s examinations and enforcement activities in nine Midwestern states. During his tenure he helped lead the SEC’s examination and enforcement efforts relating to cybersecurity, and served as co-chair of the agency’s Cybersecurity Working Group.

From July 2012 until December 2013, Glockner was the managing director in charge of the Chicago office of Stroz Friedberg, a global digital risk management and investigations firm, where he assisted clients in handling matters involving cybercrime, cybersecurity, digital forensics, and electronic discovery.

Before joining Stroz Friedberg, he served as chief of the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s Office in Chicago for more than 11 years, overseeing the work of approximately 130 prosecutors. He participated in numerous high-profile investigations and prosecutions involving public corruption, intellectual property crime, cybercrime, national security, securities and commodities fraud, as well as customs and export enforcement. He was one of the office’s computer crime coordinators for more than 20 years and was the author of the Justice Department’s principal reference manual on banking crimes. He has tried over 30 cases and argued more than 15 appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Education

JD Stanford University Law School
AB University of Chicago