About Soft Landing New York

Key Strategic Partners

Soft Landing New York connects the vast expertise of Binghamton University, a premier public university that is part of the State University of New York, and Cornell University, the largest and most educationally diverse university in the Ivy League, with foreign businesses looking to establish a presence in the United States. The Program provides a range of assistance aimed at making it easier for onboarding companies to set up operations and integrate successfully into the regional markets.

The Koffman Southern Tier Incubator is operated by Binghamton University and comprises 37,000 square feet of space built to provide a supportive environment for entrepreneurs and startup companies in the Southern Tier.

The Cornell SC Johnson College of Business is an academic powerhouse uniting the strengths of three top-ranked business schools at Cornell: The Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management; The Nolan School of Hotel Administration; and The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management.

The Center for International Business Advancement (CIBA) is an applied research and education center and a policy forum with a mission to boost economic growth and job creation in New York’s Southern Tier by fostering international strategic partnerships and emphasizing the importance of worldwide connectivity

Meet the Team

Elena Iankova

Elena Iankova

Director of Soft Landing and Founding Director, Center for International Business Advancement at Binghamton University

Per Stromhaug

Per Stromhaug

Associate Vice President for Innovation and Economic Development, Binghamton University

Andrew Karolyi

Andrew Karolyi

The Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University

Linda Barrington

Linda Barrington

Associate Dean for Strategy and Societal Impact of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University

Atanas Tzenev

Atanas Tzenev

Business Development Manager for Soft Landing

Mike Jagielski

Mike Jagielski

Director of the Southern Tier Clean Energy Incubator, Koffman Southern Tier Incubator

Eric Krohn

Eric Krohn

Director of Business Incubation Program, Koffman Southern Tier Incubator

Ed Kowalewski

Ed Kowalewski

Liaison to International Organizations and International Recruitment, Soft Landing

James Held

James Held

Research Coordinator for Soft Landing

Melissa Carlisle

Melissa Carlisle

Student Projects Coordinator for the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University

Astrid Stromhaug

Astrid Stromhaug

Student Projects Coordinator for the Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science, Binghamton University

The Soft Landing Koffman Southern Tier Incubator Support Network

Regional government agencies, economic development organizations, business service providers, and other stakeholders are further involved in the Program Support Network.

Local and Regional Partners

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State and Federal Partners

International Partners