FROM THE CEO
T
Jack L. Kopnisky
President & CEO
Sterling National Bank
hank you for reading our
previous issue of Connect,
which focused on innovation.
I trust that you found plenty to
inspire you as you seek to take your
business to the next level.
Inside this issue, we’re once again
exploring technology.
At Sterling, we're committed to
utilizing proven technologies in
order to streamline your personal
and business banking experience—
freeing you to keep your focus
on growing your business. We're
also enthusiastic about offering
financing and banking resources
that help you as you research,
develop, or implement technologies
that will improve efficiency, boost
effectiveness, or expand reach.
Toward that end, we ask the
important question of whether
a given technology will help or
hurt your business—and how to
determine that (page 6). We also
survey various technologies that
may impact the way you do business—such as 3D printing (page 16),
which is more accessible than ever.
Finally, we listen as others share
how they’ve adapted new technologies to create a fresh business
model (page 22).
In this age of accelerated design
and implementation of new technologies, it’s critical to identify
those that will enable you to better
deliver on your business, brand, and
customer promise. We hope to help
you do that here.
As always, we're grateful to be
your bank, and consider it a privilege to serve you as you seek to
move your business forward.
Sincerely,
4 | SNB.COM // CONNECT TECHNOLOGY FALL 2016
EXCITING NEWS FROM THE CUTTING EDGE
OF TECHNOLOGY
HVEDC Positions
New York as
3D Printing Leader
In 2013, Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation
(HVEDC) launched HV3D, an award-winning public-private
partnership promoting 3D printing (also known as additive
manufacturing) throughout the Hudson Valley and now
reaching around the world. Sterling National Bank is a proud
supporter of HVEDC, so we sat down with President and
CEO Laurence Gottlieb to learn more about the program.
Q: How has HV3D impacted New York’s business
community?
A: We’ve been able to position the Hudson Valley as
a 3D hub, connecting digital design and fabrication
experts, investors, business and government leaders, and
academics to ensure our place at the table. Not only are
we some of the first adopters of the technology as an
economic development tool in the country, but we are now
permeating 3D printing education to a long list of schools
connected to our new Hudson Valley Center for Advanced
Manufacturing, paving the way for a skilled workforce.
Q: What advice would you give business leaders
not already in the 3D printing world?
A: Seek out opportunities to engage with the technology.
As part of the HV3D initiative, the nation’s first MakerBot
3D Printing Innovation Center and Stratasys SMART-lab
was built at SUNY New Paltz. There you have access to 3D
printing technology, training classes, and most important,
onsite assistance with the digital design and fabrication
platforms.
Q: What are the biggest challenges to adoption
that additive manufacturing faces?
A: Cost and speed have always been the biggest
hindrances to adoption, but the technology is becoming
sophisticated very quickly. Beyond that, procuring a skilled
workforce will be critical.
For more information on HV3D, please visit HVEDC.com.