Atanas Tzenev is the senior program manager for Select New York, CIBA’s global soft landing program. Atanas is also an adjunct professor at Binghamton University, teaching university-wide courses in global entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship. He was the senior business development manager for the Soft Landing New York program which ran at the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator, Binghamton University from 2022 to 2026 with funding from the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. Atanas’s professional interests are in the areas of international trade and foreign investment, international political economy, international business and entrepreneurship, Europeanization trends, and comparative politics and economy of Central and Eastern Europe.

Atanas received his BA degree in economics from Cornell University, with concentrations in international relations and law & society. He holds a PhD and MA degrees in political science from Binghamton University. He has working knowledge of nine European languages and has used his extensive knowledge of foreign languages both during his travels and as part of his professional work.