Pull back the curtain to give auto repair shop owners from around the

country a look into your business success

We’re seeking dynamic speakers with a track record of industry success who have mastered the challenges of auto repair shop business management and leadership and who are ready to help others jumpstart their growth.

At the 2025 Ratchet+Wrench Management Conference, your expertise and experience can shape the future of our industry. This annual event draws over 300 shop owners, managers, and service advisors hungry for actionable insights and proven strategies. Whether you've turbo-charged your customer experience, mastered pricing and profitability, built an outstanding culture, or transformed your operations, your knowledge helps your industry peers share in your success.

At RWMC, you'll join an exceptional educational lineup of industry visionaries, build your network, and establish yourself as a leader in auto repair service excellence.

Benefits of speaking include:

  • Complimentary conference registration
  • Connection with other industry leaders
  • Recognition in conference materials
  • Opportunity to impact and elevate the industry

 

Ready to share your expertise? Submit your speaker proposal by March 24, 2025. Let’s shape the future of auto repair excellence together.

 

Customer Service

Share your tried-and-true strategies for executing outstanding service experiences, building customer loyalty, and managing challenging front-of-house situations. We're seeking presenters who can demonstrate innovative approaches to service advisor training, customer communication, and reputation management.

Education & Training

What are your most effective strategies for recruiting, training, and retaining top industry talent, creating a culture of continuous learning, and exciting career paths? We want to hear from shop owners and managers who have built successful training programs, apprenticeships, or innovative technical and professional development approaches.

Finance & Operations

Share your best insights on maximizing shop profitability, streamlining operations, and using KPIs to drive success. We're looking for speakers who can share real-world experiences and demonstrate measurable success in financial management, process improvement, and operational excellence.

Human Resources

Do you have the recipe for successful systems, processes, team building, and engagement? Have you developed a playbook that helps every player on the team execute at their position? Share your success strategies. We want presentations on processes, compensation, culture-building, and modern workplace management.

Rules, Regulations, and Legal Expertise

Walk fellow shop owners through the nuances of industry compliance and legal requirements, including insurance, acquisition and expansion, real estate, and succession planning. We're seeking experts who can translate regulations into practical shop policies and share risk management strategies.

Leadership

Develop and sharpen the leadership skills of shop owners by sharing your journey and lessons learned. We want to hear from successful shop owners about team development, communication, creativity, adaptability, and building a thriving shop culture.

Sales & Marketing

Help shop owners grow their businesses through effective marketing and sales strategies. Share your success stories in digital and print marketing, customer acquisition, brand building, loyalty programs, social media, or innovative promotional approaches.

Tech & Tools

Demonstrate how you evaluate, implement, and maximize return on shop management technologies. We're looking for presentations on shop management systems, parts matrices, the impact of emerging technologies, and practical tech solutions.