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Rick Ifland, M.St., M.B.A.

Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Business, Department Chair


Rick Ifland
Office Location

Deane Hall 110

Office Available

By appointment only

Specialization(s)

Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Executive Leadership

Director of the Eaton Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Biography/Details

Professor Ifland, a successful entrepreneur and private equity investor, started a company that automated the mortgage credit industry, eventually selling it to a Fortune 500 company. He has since invested in over 30 companies as the general partner of Oxford Holdings LLC.  He also serves as the President of Barna Global LLC (https://www.barna.com) and as the CEO of Omega Ophthalmics LLC (http://www.omegaophthalmics.com).  The holder of over 40 domestic and international patents, and over 30 patents pending, Professor Ifland seeks to make a difference. He’s led and established non-governmental organizations to help the poor in the Middle East and Africa and takes a group of students to create new companies in Haiti each Spring.  For his humanitarian work, he was awarded a Doctor of Science (honoris causa).  He graduated from ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, earned an MBA at the University of Kentucky and earned a Master of Studies in international law at Oxford University. 

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