Project Sponsors
Over a 15-week period, our client partners get more than 1,000 hours of dedicated, focused work by a team of talented master’s students who are led by a faculty expert advisor.
Hear from some of our recent client partners about their experiences.
The CMU students I worked with on my bootstrap startup Shoptaki were highly creative, taking initiative and providing very high-quality work. Their strong acumen and thirst for learning made a huge impact on the success of the project.
Asnee Fernando
CEO, Shoptaki Inc.
Make It Home Safe, LLC
"The talent, the experience, the enthusiasm that the team brought, along with the leadership, has been critical to ensuring the success of my startup."
Founder and CEO Carlton Vreen talks about the impact of working with Heinz College graduate students on the Make It Home Safe capstone project.
I was extremely pleased with the outcomes from the Capstone Project my company worked on with Heinz College students. They were energetic, bright, and driven and were able to achieve results over and above what was outlined in the initial scope through their dedication and outside the box thinking.
Nathan Peterson
Global Inventory, Forecasting & CEP Manager, Komatsu
Effective Engagement
Capstone sponsors work with a team of talented graduate students and faculty advisor to address a business problem with a technology solution, contributing to the client's mission and success.
The students brought a combination of both qualitative and quantitative analysis. They brought a lot of energy and also the ability to listen and to try to sort of create policy almost from scratch.
Project Sponsor
The Brookings Institution
I was impressed with the students' interest to learn our business and the skills they brought to the project. They were dedicated, listened, understood the problem statement and had a clear understanding on the deliverables.
Jeba Jothimoni
Principal Solutions Architect, Aires