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
Director of Soft Landing and Founding Director, Center for International Business Advancement at Binghamton University
Per Stromhaug
Associate Vice President for Innovation and Economic Development, Binghamton University
Andrew Karolyi
The Charles Field Knight Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
Linda Barrington
Associate Dean for Strategy and Societal Impact of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
Atanas Tzenev
Business Development Manager for Soft Landing
Mike Jagielski
Director of the Southern Tier Clean Energy Incubator, Koffman Southern Tier Incubator
Eric Krohn
Director of Business Incubation Program, Koffman Southern Tier Incubator
Ed Kowalewski
Liaison to International Organizations and International Recruitment, Soft Landing
James Held
Research Coordinator for Soft Landing
Melissa Carlisle
Student Projects Coordinator for the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
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
State and Federal Partners
International Partners
