Speaking

Proof-led, incisive. I hold the room.

I take the stage on AI and the future of work, consumer growth, innovation, and belonging, from global stages to leadership offsites. Twenty years of building, turned into a talk the room actually uses. Based in Phoenix, I travel globally.

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Vanessa Santos, keynote speaker and AI strategist on the women's economy, speaking on stage

As seen in

  • The New York Times
  • Fast Company
  • CNBC
  • TODAY
  • Strategy

Signature talks

AI builds the business. The human builds the culture.™

What happens to a company's culture when the work starts running itself. What AI should never touch, and how to tell the difference before you automate it away.

Proof A solo founder running an entire company on an AI agent workforce, after twenty years of product innovation inside global companies.

Culture is the growth strategy

The consumer deciding your category's growth does not see herself in your brand. What that costs you every quarter you don't fix it, and what fixing it actually involves. Sold as revenue, not representation.

Proof Repositioned a fourteen-year-old brand for a new generation. Built brand programs with Indeed, Capital One, JPMorgan Wealth Management and Microsoft reaching tens of millions.

The unreasonable yes

How first-of-its-kind work actually gets funded inside a company built to say no. Who you have to convince, in what order, and what to do when there is no precedent to point at. The idea is never the hard part. The approval is.

Proof Got a car company and two fashion designers to do what nobody had done: custom Infiniti Q50s by Thom Browne and Zac Posen, sold on Gilt and covered by the New York Times. Got a payments company to fund AR/VR commerce before it was a category. Closed the first and largest brand partnership in Gilt's history.

The antidote to loneliness

Why belonging is now a business problem, in a workforce and a customer base more connected and more alone than they have ever been. What a gathering does that a campaign cannot.

Proof Commissioned original research on the loneliness epidemic. Grew a community to 30,000 members. Co-created Thrive and Lead, which convened more than 200 power players over three days.

Formats

  • Keynote (corporate, conference, university)
  • Host and emcee (summits, awards, activations, tournaments)
  • Workshop or offsite (half or full day, with a deliverable)
  • Partnership and media (ambassadorship, on-camera, campaigns)
  • Private counsel (by introduction)

Stages I’ve spoken on

  • Forbes, Keynote Address
  • Color Comm Conference
  • Nationwide Impulsa Awards Dinner
  • NYU Career Student Conference
  • Techstars Miami
  • BigCommerce, Next Big Thing
  • Latinas in Tech
  • Seramount Multicultural Women's Conference
  • Harry's (BRG)
  • AbbVie

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Let’s book me

Keynotes, hosting and emcee, workshops, and partnerships on AI and the future of work, consumer growth, innovation, and belonging. Tell me about your event: the date, the room, the format, and your budget range. I’ll be in touch.

Prefer email? Reach my agent at jennifer@camilacreative.com