Sykes - A Company of People Serving People Sykes Enterprises was founded in 1977 by John H. Sykes. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, SYKES excels in delivering inbound customer support for its Fortune 1000 client-companies around the world. SYKES serves its clients through 4 geographic operating segments: North America (United States, Canada), Latin America (Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico), EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and ASIA Pacific (Australia, China, India and Philippines). Sykes has over 46,000 employees working in 75 locations in 25 countries, and who are operating in 30 languages.