Speakers

Rick van Echtelt is the CEO and Co-Founder of AG5, the skills management platform laser-focused on frontline teams in energy, manufacturing, pharma, and logistics. A serial software entrepreneur with 25+ years of experience, he is known for solving the “last mile problem” in workforce management—enabling operations leaders to move beyond spreadsheets and gain real-time visibility into skills, compliance, and training readiness. Rick’s practical, hands-on approach has helped organizations such as Porsche, TK Elevator, JDE, Toyota Boshoku and ArcelorMittal transform how they manage, deploy, and develop their frontline workforce.