Meet Our Chief Information Officer, David Hoag

November 30, 2023

Experience:

  • 25+ years of experience in information technology, including nearly 20 years in financial services working with trading and clearing systems
  • Became OCC’s Chief Information Officer in 2017
  • Previously served as Chief Technology Officer at Halo Investing, Inc. and as Managing Director, Post Trade Technology Software Development at CME Group

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

Quick Facts:

  • Began his career at DEC programming in assembler
  • Received Chicago CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Award in 2019

Quote

“OCC is undergoing a significant transformation, both from a technology and a people perspective. We are developing a state-of-the-art, high-performing clearing and settlement system in the cloud. Our people have put forth a lot of effort, interacting and collaborating across the company to change the way they work and achieve outcomes. We are really excited about being a leader and bringing a systemically important financial market utility (SIFMU), like OCC, to the cloud.”