This Industry Capstone Program project is with the company Whitestone Analytics and the corporate partner is Frank Gallucci. The faculty advisor is Professor Zachary Feinstein.


Whitestone Analytics is a boutique investment banking firm specializing in the buying and selling of industrial companies in the fluid power, motion control, and automation markets.

The ability to analyze data is critical to Whitestone’s success. However, much of the analysis is currently done in an unsystematic way. To the best of our knowledge, there are few firms that use algorithms to determine if a company has a predisposition to sell to a qualified buyer.

Whitestone has made a focused effort over the last few years to assemble a definitive database of enterprises that participate within Whitestone’s Market Sector. Utilizing and supplementing Whitestone’s database, it is Whitestone’s strategic intent to develop predictive algorithms that will provide leading indicators of a company’s predisposition to entertain an acquisition offer. Our Capstone project will complement and supplement Whitestone’s interest in this project.

 

Develop a database procurement strategy within Whitestone’s targeted markets.

Help Whitestone secure that data (a make, buy decision).

Clean the obtained data (scraped or purchased) to be useful for further analysis.

Create an algorithm to automate the prior procedures 

 
Entrepreneurial mind-set
Data procurement and analytical skills

Project management skills

Insight into behavioral economic and macroeconomic drivers

Programming ability

Open to all programs of study within the School of Business.