about us

Mark Harling
Co-Owner
Mark has 15 years in the ATM surround industry working with major accounts during the development and implementation phases of large deployments. At his previous company, he was the main contact for major conversions such as Bank of America/NationsBank, Fleet/Bank Boston, NationsBank/Barnett Bank and Wells Fargo/Norwest Bank. Mark Co-founded Sterling ATM in 2002 and has continued to use his design expertise to enhance the ATM brand of major banks such as Wells Fargo, Wachovia and Washington Mutual among others.

Steve Binder
Co Owner
Steve has a 20 year career as an Executive in the ATM surround and enclosure industry. He has worked with major banks such as: CitiExchange (retail division of Citicorp), Bank of Boston, SunTrust, Mellon Bank, Firstar (now US Bank), Bank One, ABN AMRO, Bank of New York, PNC Bank, Key Bank, National City Bank, Union Planters Bank, Chase Bank, and many more. One major mantra that Steve has lived his career by is that the customer truly does come first, and his clients will swear by that fact. Steve and Mark worked together in the industry for 11 years before founding Sterling ATM.

Jim VanderMale
Managing Director
Jim offers clients an exceptional understanding of revenue-producing programs through a multi-branch network with nearly 30 years of experience in retail delivery channels. Jim is responsible for direction and management of SterlingATM’s interior business development and retail account groups. Jim is instrumental in developing strategic partnerships with national clients to ensure their seamless program creation and execution. Jim has led a multitude of major branch transformation programs including KeyBank, Sovereign Bank, Bank of America, SunTrust, Flagstar Bank and Fulton Financial. Jim’s specialties include mergers and acquisitions, brand translation, and design for performance. Jim holds two degrees from Eastern Michigan University, a Master’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Technology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration.
Mantra: “Everything Matters”

Dan Fleckenstein
Design Director
Dan has 20 + years in the retail financial services design field and has built an extensive knowledge of retail product design, environmental branding and point of sale communications. As Design Director for Sterling ATM’s new division, Sterling Retail, he brings his broad experience to meld with the Salt Lake City design, manufacturing and implementation teams. Dans’ educational background ranges from a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from SUNY College at New Paltz, to the Masters program of Industrial Design at Pratt Institute in New York City. His professional background spans from fashion jewelry design, product and exhibit design to creation and management of the best in class design team during his tenure at BrandPartners, Inc. Dan has directed and had hands on design responsibilities for hundreds of projects taking clients such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Wachovia, KeyBank, Comerica, M&T, SunTrust, Flagstar and many other retail programs to the next level.

Mantra: “That form ever follows function. This is the law” Louis Sullivan 1896