EJ Topping

Current

President at Topping Enterprises
Employment Agent (Tech and Exec) and Business Development at APR International

Past

Recruiter/Business Development at Marathon Staffing

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northeastern University

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

EJ Topping’s Summary

Entrepreneur in several Internet and Web 2.0 ventures
Instant Creativity seminars (instacreate.com); Outplacement seminars and Power Selling methodologies for Professionals

• Professional Employment Expert since 1982
• I find Professionals for Companies and Companies for Professionals based upon relationships and environments as well as talent.
• I staff teams of professionals
• Executive Retained Search
• Contingent Search
• Candidate placement campaigns
......................I am the eHarmony of Professionals recruiting.

EJ Topping’s Specialties:

Degreed Professionals
Biotechnical, Biomedical, Clinical
Software Engineers, Unix, Linux, Oracle, Java, J2EE, c++, c#, Ruby on Rails, Erlang, etc.
Hardware Engineers
Firmware
SAP all modules and ABAP
Business Intelligence/Oracle/BEA/COGNOS/Business Objects, SAS
FPGA/CPLD
IT
Website development and marketing
Motivational and Creativity Training
Corporate Executives (Technology)
Manufacturing Management
Materials Management
APICS
Purchasing Management

EJ Topping’s Experience

President

Topping Enterprises

(Think Tanks industry)

1988 — Present (21 years )

"Creativity" consulting to business and Military PSYOPS; Seminars on "Power Selling Secrets for Professionals"; Web-site concepting, design, launch and revenue growth.
(Part-time Ventures)
Employment Agent (Tech and Exec) and Business Development

APR International

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

1982 — Present (27 years )

Complete venture start-up and growth of Permanent Placement employment agency and in 1986 expanded to include APR Temps for industrial temps and engineering contractors.
Sold assets of company to Marathon Staffing in 1989 and managed the transition of APR's staff to Marathon. Kept company name for future rebirth after pursuing several business ventures.
Currently growing organization, developing new clients and expanding recruiting efforts; Cultivating new marketing methodologies to target clients and candidates that provide a higher yield in the current marketplace.

Recruit, review, screen and reference check potential candidates for "spot-on" submittals.
Metrics: 3 Resumes... 2 Interviews... 1 Offer
Recruiter/Business Development

Marathon Staffing

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

October 2008 — July 2009 (10 months)

9 Month Contract: Recruiter/Bus-Dev/BA

EJ Topping’s Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Post Grad Studies in theoretical physics and the cancer biopathy

Thesis: Probability of an origin of a universal consciousness based on quantum mechanics, a posteriori and analogic a priori logic. (published as "The Origin of God")
(Signed recording contract with United Artists and left school abruptly)

Activities and Societies:

Chess Club
Northeastern University

BS , Nuclear Physics, Minor Psychology

Additional Information

EJ Topping’s Interests:

Philosophy, Creativity, Business, Biomedical advances, Software, Leading edge technologies and Web 2.0 Innovation and Development.

EJ Topping’s Groups:

CIO.com
NSA
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eOffice
Arbita CyberSleuths
Executive Suite
International Association of Software Architects
OPEN Forum
On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
American Society for Quality
Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
Supply Chain Movement
Business Intelligence Group
Telecom Professionals
OpenNetworkers.info < 50.000+ Open Networkers across 60 social networks >
SAP People Forum
Semiconductor Professional's Group
OpenNetworker.com
SemiconductorJobs.com
Drupal
SAP Community
IT Specialist Group
Project Manager Networking Group
Information Security Community
NetworkingPros
SAP Network GLOBAL
Enterprise Software Community
Business Intelligence Professionals
Innovation for Creativity
Consultants Network
Creativity Champions
Innovation Management Group
TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
Open Source Universe
Northeastern University Networking Group
Supply Chain Management Practitioners & Experts
Tech Recruiters - 5000+ Members
Procurement Professionals (#1 supply chain & sourcing group) Business, network, jobs & candidates
Java EE Professionals
Boston Recruiters Group
FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array
FPGA/CPLD Design Group
Supply Chain Management Group
Biotech & Pharma Professionals Network
"We Find You" Sourcing Strategy
Java Developers
Global MIT Enterprise Forum
Software Professionals Group
Creativity
Supply Chain Network International
Linked Strategies
NuWorldwide (Open Networkers)