Richard HuaSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

Rich Hua is a leading expert in emotional intelligence, leadership, and building human-centered cultures of innovation at scale. Formerly Chief EQ Evangelist and Worldwide Head of EPIC Leadership at Amazon, he founded the EQ@Amazon initiative, which grew into the world's largest corporate-based EQ community with over 70,000 members and ultimately reached more than 1.5 million leaders, employees, customers, and partners globally. He created the EPIC Leadership framework (Empathy, Purpose, Inspiration, and Connection), which has influenced organizations including Cisco, NVIDIA, IBM, and Volkswagen. Hua also advised the Amazon Alexa team on integrating empathy and emotional intelligence into Alexa+. Hua studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley, spent time as a missionary, and held technical and sales roles before focusing on EQ. He now leads the EPIQ Leadership Group and is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, advocating that leaders must combine EQ with IQ to thrive in an AI-driven world.