I would like to draw on my background which includes a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, control system design, sales and proposal writing.

I would reverse engineer your situation.  

You need to reverse engineer the plan.

By the way, he owned a substantial amount of shares since he inherited them from his Grandfather who worked there all his life as a senior engineer.

In my opinion there is nothing like Porsche Engineering.

As a little background information, I have a degree in General Science from Morehouse college in Atlanta Georgia, a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a concentration in Construction Management from the University of Michigan, and I just graduated in June from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia with an MBA.

Little bit of "social reverse engineering" got me to her bail bondsman, who wanted to get paid, and we got it done.  

I'm a 25 year old software engineer and new real estate investor who's already taken the plunge and done their first deal: I recently closed on my first flip with my partner where we renovated and sold a 2-family in Brooklyn.  

I've done some research and I feel like Nashville has been a robust market for awhile but may have peaked as far as wholesaling is concerned.  

I am graduating next fall with an engineering degree and I plan on working as soon as I graduate.