Glenn Dial is the vice-president of retirement thought leadership and research at American Century Investments. With more than 25 years of retirement industry experience, he was previously head of retirement strategy at Allianz Global Investors and national sales manager for the defined contribution investment business at JPMorgan. Dial holds two patents as the co-inventor of the method and system for evaluating target-date funds. He has led the creation of several industry-leading tools and programs, such as the target-date compass, the glide path optimizer, the certified behaviour finance analyst audit program and risk university. Dial is also a nationally known speaker in the DC industry and has written articles or been quoted in most of the industry publications. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the DC industry in 401kWire.com’s 2013, 2014 and 2015 surveys.. He holds a bachelor of science and bachelor of arts in finance from the University of Central Florida and a masters of business administration from Rollins College.