Faculty and Staff
William W. Topper
Lecturer
Management


(617)979-3542
wtopper0307@curry.edu

William Topper teaches in the MBA Program at Curry College, has developed and instructed the Curry College 'Essentials of Project Management Workshop,' and has taught in the undergraduate program.

Dr. Topper is Vice President of Service and Operations at Workscape, Inc. This privately held entrepreneurial firm provides web based self-service systems for Fortune 1000 businesses to manage their employee benefits and to support talent management. Most recently Workscape has been engaged in the development of a Succession Planning system to complement their Performance and Compensation Management suite.

Before joining Workscape, Dr. Topper was the Vice President and General Manager for Automatic Data Processing's (ADP) Benefits Administration business.  Prior to that he was the Division Vice President for ADP Employer Services with a focus on HR outsourcing and payroll processing, President of Motor Sound Corporation in Silicon Valley, and Vice President of Manufacturing for Plaskolite Inc., a plastic manufacturing company in Columbus, Ohio.

Dr. Topper completed his Ph.D. at Capella University with a dissertation on Succession Planning Best Practices using a mixed methodology Delphi study. Dr Topper acts as a mentor and advisor for doctoral candidates using the Delphi Method of research. He developed the Delphi Research Methodology Workshop. He  holds an MBA from Capital University and a B.S. from Franklin University.