TopSchool Adds Key University Veterans to Management Team

DENVER--TopSchool, a leading SaaS provider of administrative solutions optimized for small to mid-size higher education institutions, has announced the addition of Anthony Hill as Chief Technology Officer. As a renowned speaker, author and technologist focused on Software-as-a-Service and Cloud Computing, Hill brings more than 25 years of IT industry and education experience to TopSchool, where he will lead the company’s product development and management.

Hill most recently served as CIO and e-Business leader for Golden Gate University where he led an IT turnaround and architected a university transformation to an e-Business model. Beyond higher education, Hill has tremendous experience leading software development as a managing director at GE Capital and Scient, as well as CTO for homebid.com.

Hill has been recognized within the industry as one of Computerworld’s “Premier 100 IT Leaders” in 2008, as one of the top 100 CIO’s by CIO Magazine in 2004, and as one of InfoWorld’s “Top 100” in 2003. In 2002, he was named along with the “25 Most Influential CTO’s” by InfoWorld. As a well-known thought leader, he is a frequent lecturer on enterprise IT and SaaS, and he recently co-authored “CIO Best Practices: Achieving Strategic Value with Information Technology,” published in 2007 by Wiley & Sons.

“As an early-adopter of Software-as-a-Service in higher education, I have seen the benefits first-hand,” said Hill. “TopSchool’s vision to help institutions drive decisions and reduce costs by supporting less hardware, no upgrade fees, and quicker implementations can create a critical competitive advantage. I believe that this solution combined with TopSchool’s proven management team provides a great opportunity to make a very positive impact on higher education.”

Additionally, TopSchool has added Chris Chumley to the team as Director of Product Management. Chumley brings deep experience in student information systems to TopSchool from his more than five years as a program manager at DeVry University. While at DeVry, Chris managed multiple teams as part of the student information system rollout to more than 85 sites nationwide. He also spent more than seven years leading system integration and change management projects at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Consulting.

“TopSchool is thrilled to add Anthony and Chris to our team,” said Matthew Schnittman, President and CEO of TopSchool. “They each have tremendous experience in developing and implementing enterprise technology in higher education. Plus, both have first-hand insight into the challenges facing higher education and can evolve our solution to address our customers’ specific needs.”

About TopSchool

TopSchool (www.topschoolinc.com), a leading SaaS provider of administrative technology solutions optimized for small to mid-size higher education institutions, enables institutions to effectively drive decisions and insights across the student lifecycle. TopSchool’s Student Lifecycle Management (SLM) system provides a comprehensive information management solution – a CRM to aggregate and manage leads, a customizable student and faculty portal, an intuitive and flexible student information system that is easy to implement, a robust ad-hoc reporting suite, and a customer service model that serves students, faculty and administrators. TopSchool SLM is architected using next-generation technologies and offered exclusively in a SaaS model – which means TopSchool manages one version of the software for all customers, translating into quick and inexpensive implementation, easy configuration, and no maintenance or upgrade fees.