Think Vital Partnerships
Here's what some of our community and industry partners think when they Think Binghamton University:
Michael Ciesinski - President & CEO, USDC
"Binghamton University and the U. S. Display Consortium have forged a unique partnership in developing next generation electronics manufacturing processes. BU's ability and willingness to work with USDC members, the display community, and other academic institutions is the critical factor in the smooth start-up and operation of the Center for Advanced Microelectronic Manufacturing. BU's technical staff and its administration understand the corporate perspective and how to meld academic and company interests into a successful partnership."
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Barbara J. Fiala, Broome County Executive
"Binghamton University is a leading state campus that continues to develop a world class identity. It is a gateway to opportunity that yields some of the brightest professionals in all of New York State."
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Doug Boyce, Small Business Development Center
“Binghamton University’s Small Business Development Center offers the community resources necessary to build successful businesses, assisting entrepreneurs, business and industry in solving their problems. The result? Increased profitability for the entrepreneur and increased investment and job creation for the community. Since our startup in 1984, we have worked with over 11,100 clients, helped raise more than $135 million in private and public funding and helped create or save over 8,450 jobs in New York’s Southern Tier.”
Mike Mercincavage, Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence (SPIR)
“Binghamton University’s SPIR Center provides regional business with solutions to solve technology-related problems. We are an industry support service offering the expertise of the Engineering, Computer Science and Systems Science departments of the Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science. Established to strengthen New York State’s small and mid-sized businesses, SPIR helps them apply technology solutions to make them more competitive. SPIR Center projects are partnerships staffed by Watson School students (primarily graduate students), faculty and client personnel. Last year, 23 firms in six New York Counties partnered with SPIR on 51 projects helping the companies to stay here and add 26 jobs. Since 1995, SPIR has assisted our partners in creating and retaining 2,445 jobs with total estimated annual wages of $ 97.8 million – a result that filters through every level of the economy.”
