Alexander R. Hapka
Dr. Hapka has been a University of Phoenix faculty member since 2002. Currently, he serves as Area Chair/Lead Faculty for the Graduate Business and Management program at the Kansas City Campus and received the Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year Award for 2003-4. He facilitates mathematics, statistics, research, and various management subjects at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and serves as a doctoral mentor and research facilitator in the School of Advanced Studies. In addition, Dr. Hapka plays an integral role in guiding Kansas City’s leading practices in faculty development, academic excellence, and student success programs.
Currently, Dr. Hapka is CEO of a diversified services company comprised of two divisions: a consulting arm that specializes in quantitative consulting engagements in the areas of investments analysis, productivity improvement, forecasting, quality assurance applications, and brand performance and an e-commerce subsidiary company that furnishes high-end sporting equipment to both the wholesale and retail domestic and international markets. He has over 30 years of research and technology management experience spanning the financial management, energy, and aerospace industries.
Dr. Hapka earned a Ph.D. from New York University in statistics and mathematics education, an M.S. in statistics from Stony Brook University, and a B.S. in mathematics from Manhattan College. He has published several journal articles and is a frequent lecturer at various industry meetings and conferences on the applications of quantitative analytics in finance, energy management, and business management.