William W. Topper

William W. Topper is the Director of Curry College's MBA Program and teaches Supply Chain and Operations Analysis as well as Strategic Planning. Additionally, Dr. Topper is part of the team of instructors that guide the Curry College Capstone projects. He also developed and instructed the Curry College 'Essentials of Project Management Workshop', and has taught in the Curry College undergraduate program.

Also, Dr. Topper is a doctoral mentor for topic selection, research methods and designs at Northcentral University. He has served as an adjunct professor with the University of Phoenix instructing in Operations Management.

Prior to his academic career, Dr. Topper was Vice President of Service and Operations at Workscape, Inc. and 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. He holds an MBA from Capital University and a B.S. from Franklin University.