Rick Kleban - Founder & President

Originally from Mississippi, Rick grew up in Starkville, where his parents owned and operated an HVAC engineering company. Rick is from a family of entrepreneurs, and he feels the most at home when working with fellow business owners. A decade ago, Rick noticed that many businesses were not taking full advantage of state and federal economic incentives. In particular, he found many were not claiming substantial R&D tax credits that they deserved. Through the years, Rick has developed an industrial strength process for identifying and substantiating R&D tax credits, employee retention tax credits, and job creation tax credits for our clients.

Before founding Sycamore in 2011, Rick held positions at Xerox, Alliance Data Systems, and Resource Interactive. Rick has a degree in Finance from Georgetown University and a Master’s degree from The Ohio State University.

rkleban@sycamoregrowthgroup.com