mort_topfer@castletopcapital.com
Mort is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Castletop Capital. Before Castletop, Mort was with Dell Inc. 1994 to 2002 where he served as Vice Chairman. Prior to his tenure at Dell, Mort spent 23 years with Motorola, where he held multiple executive positions spanning the full range of Motorola's global business. Prior to Motorola, Mort spent 11 years at RCA Laboratories in various research and development and management positions, during which time he wrote a book on thick-film electronics. In 1996, Mort was conferred the Darjah Johan Negeri Penang State Award by the Governor of Penang for his contributions to the development of the electronics industry in Malaysia. Mort currently serves as a Director and Chairman of Measurement Specialties, Inc. (MEAS) and also serves as a board member of several private companies including OpenPeak Inc. (www.openpeak.com)
alan_topfer@castletopcapital.com
Alan is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Castletop Capital. His responsibilities include managing the firm's business operations as well as a share of the firm's investments. In addition to managing various residential land development, retail and mutli-family real estate projects, Alan serves on the board of SecureLogix, Inc. and HomeCity. Prior to forming Castletop Capital, Alan worked at Dell Inc., where he assisted in the growth of Dell's Small Business Division that, during his tenure, grew from $800 million to over $5 billion. While at Dell, Alan held the positions of Assistant Controller, Senior Marketing Manager for Strategic Planning and Business Development, and Director of the Small and Medium Business Relationship Sales unit. Prior to joining Dell, Alan worked in South Florida as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Business Operations for an engineering and software development company. In addition, he worked as a Commercial Loan Officer for Bank of America. Alan received his BBA in Accounting from the University of Miami.
richard_topfer@castletopcapital.com
Richard is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Castletop Capital. His responsibilities include managing a number of the firm's investments and infrastructure operations. Additionally, Richard manages Castletop Capital's investments in Falconhead and Shadow Creek. Prior to joining Castletop Capital, Richard worked at a storage area network (SAN) start-up, StorageApps, Inc., where, as Director of the technical sales organization, he helped the company achieve revenues of $50 million in its first year. Prior to joining StorageApps, Richard held various sales and marketing management positions at Dell Inc. His last position at Dell was Senior Manager of Server and Storage Sales for the company's Large Corporate Accounts organization. Before joining Dell, he worked in Business Development in the two-way radio and paging divisions of Motorola. Richard received his BA in Economics from Florida State University.
