Team

Meet the team helping workers find work

Hiring still runs on CVs and office hours. That shuts out the people who keep warehouses and care homes going. We're eight people in Ghent building something better.
The Ringtime team working on laptops in a living room during a team offsite
Our story

It started with a dentist who never called back

Vincent had a toothache and no dentist picked up. Diederik ignored his garage's reminders for weeks, until someone finally called him. Two small things with one lesson: people answer when someone reaches out at the right moment, on the channel they use.

We took that to frontline hiring, where it hurts most. The candidate who applied on Monday is working somewhere else by Wednesday. So in 2025 we started Ringtime in Ghent.
in numbers
62,245
conversations with frontline workers
4 min
time to first contact
78%
of candidates reached
WHY WE'RE HERE

Every step should feel like a conversation.

Frontline workers have no CV and rarely read email. They pick up the phone after their shift, in their own language. So we built Ringtime: it finds candidates, calls and texts them until they answer and books the right ones with a recruiter.
Blue-collar

Build for the frontline

Most people work on their feet: in warehouses, factories, kitchens and care homes. They come first in everything we make.
Europe

Play by EU rules

GDPR compliant and ready for the AI Act: a recruiter can review every outcome. Candidate data stays on servers in the EU.
Conversations

Reach them on their phone

Forms and email don't reach a warehouse worker. A call or WhatsApp at the right moment does, from someone who sounds like a good recruiter.
THE TEAM

Meet the people

Engineers, product people and recruiters who have done the job. The labels are what you'd find on our candidate profiles in your applicant tracking system. If only they were up to date.
Vincent Theeten
Ex-founder
Early riser
Free diver
Founder & CEO

Vincent Theeten

Diederik Syoen
80 km commute
No Tuesdays
Own bike
Founder

Diederik Syoen

Johan Krijgsman
Company builder
Night shifts
Sales background
Founder

Johan Krijgsman

Michiel Vanhaverbeke
Walks to work
ICT studies
Starts at 6 am
Founder

Michiel Vanhaverbeke

Simon Esprit
No Wed. afternoons
Evening shifts
Has a dog
CTO

Simon Esprit

Wouter Durnez
Ghent centre
Psychology
Works at heights
Founding AI engineer

Wouter Durnez

Charlotte Van Den Bussche
4km by bike
Combines jobs
Brings snacks
Product manager

Charlotte Van Den Bussche

Joy Saey
4-day week
French native
Team player
Customer success manager

Joy Saey

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