As the Fall 2025 semester comes to a close, TCU’s Neeley School of Business is toasting one of its professors.
Poets & Quants for Undergrads has named David Weltman, a professor of professional practice in supply chain management, one of its 50 Best Undergraduate Business Professors of 2025.
The annual list recognizes faculty members from across the country for excellence in teaching, industry expertise and impact on undergraduate business education.
Weltman was selected from more than 1,200 nominations submitted by students, alumni and colleagues. Judges narrowed the pool to roughly 200 candidates before making final selections based on teaching effectiveness, research influence and demonstrated student impact.
Weltman, according to his Neeley School nomination, ”is an outstanding educator, who brings his professional experience with IBM Corporation and other highly regarded corporations to the classroom. Students value his experience, teaching style and the ways he brings real-world application to the classroom.”
At TCU, Weltman teaches across multiple programs, including the Executive MBA, Full-Time MBA, MS in Business Analytics and undergraduate honors through the Neeley Fellows program. He also developed the Business Data Science course for the Fellows and regularly teaches classes in business statistics, business analytics, supply chain management and analytics, and global business with an ethical lens.
In 2024, Weltman was honored as the most outstanding professor by the Neeley Fellows for their three-year honors program. That same year, he served as the Neeley School’s sole nominee for the university’s highly competitive undergraduate teaching award.
Weltman mentors student case-competition teams that have placed among the top performers nationally, including two first-place finishes. Students frequently credit his analytical, hands-on approach with preparing them for internships and full-time roles. He routinely continues to mentor students and offer career guidance to many students after graduation, the school said.
Before joining academia, Weltman worked in analytics and operations roles for major corporations. He holds a Ph.D. in applied business statistics and an M.S. in information systems from the UT Arlington, as well as an M.S. in operations research and a B.S. in engineering management from SMU.
In his Poets & Quants profile, Weltman said businesses have an obligation to “do the right thing,” noting that companies should balance innovation with social responsibility as technology evolves. He also called for more collaboration between industry and universities to give students greater exposure to real-world challenges.
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