Oscar Santolalla

Oscar Santolalla

Helsinki, FINLAND
The Communication Expert for the Tech Industry

Out there, brilliant minds and passionate entrepreneurs are creating technology to solve big problems in society: the climate crisis, healthcare, education for everyone, social inclusion, mobility, etc. But they all face the same challenge: how to sell their products, spread their best ideas and not being swallowed by crowded and ruthless markets. "They must succeed, and I will help them to succeed. I have been one of them before"
Oscar Santolalla is author of "Rock the Tech Stage" (Apress, 2020) and "Create and Deliver a Killer Product Demo" (Apress, 2018). After a decade and a half in the technology arena, he embarked on a mission to help people in technology companies present better, inspire others, and sell more. Since 2014, Oscar hosts the public speaking podcast Time to Shine, for which he has interviewed more than 150 communication professionals worldwide. He has also contributed as speaking coach in three TEDx events.
Oscar also works as a sales engineer at Ubisecure in Helsinki, Finland, in which he hosts the podcast "Let's Talk About Digital Identity" and leads the company's product training program. He firmly believes that securing people's digital identities translates into stronger businesses.
In Oscar's talks you will be inspired by captivating stories from the best speakers in the technology industry, their motivations, successes, and failures. This blend of stories and fresh tactical advice, optimized and delivered for the virtual stage, will leave you with tangible skills that you will apply today for your personal or business' success.
A tech company that empowers their employees to get out and speak about the ideas they are most passionate about is creating company's ambassadors, in other words, the company's best salespeople.

Out there, brilliant minds and passionate entrepreneurs are creating technology to solve big problems in society: the climate crisis, healthcare, education for everyone, social inclusion, mobility, etc. But they all face the same challenge: how to sell their products, spread their best ideas and not being swallowed by crowded and ruthless markets. "They must succeed, and I will help them to succeed. I have been one of them before"
Oscar Santolalla is author of "Rock the Tech Stage" (Apress, 2020) and "Create and Deliver a Killer Product Demo" (Apress, 2018). After a decade and a half in the technology arena, he embarked on a mission to help people in technology companies present better, inspire others, and sell more. Since 2014, Oscar hosts the public speaking podcast Time to Shine, for which he has interviewed more than 150 communication professionals worldwide. He has also contributed as speaking coach in three TEDx events.
Oscar also works as a sales engineer at Ubisecure in Helsinki, Finland, in which he hosts the podcast "Let's Talk About Digital Identity" and leads the company's product training program. He firmly believes that securing people's digital identities translates into stronger businesses.
In Oscar's talks you will be inspired by captivating stories from the best speakers in the technology industry, their motivations, successes, and failures. This blend of stories and fresh tactical advice, optimized and delivered for the virtual stage, will leave you with tangible skills that you will apply today for your personal or business' success.
A tech company that empowers their employees to get out and speak about the ideas they are most passionate about is creating company's ambassadors, in other words, the company's best salespeople.

Become the Tech Raconteur

In this session I will share with you powerful tools to become a successful speaker in tech, for you to spread your best ideas and advance in your careers. Those tools are backed by success stories and secrets from the best speakers in tech, which are on my latest book "Rock the Tech Stage"

These are the Tech Raconteur's three superpowers:

  • Ignite us with passion
  • Humanize technology with stories
  • Tele-transport us to your living room

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An Engineer can Become your Best Salesperson

Selling technology in B2B is becoming more complex and harder than ever: long sales cycles, growing number of decision makers to influence every deal, and now the lack of real handshakes. The good news is that companies can help re-discover the strong sales traits engineers already have. In this talk you will also learn what are the key skills that engineers should learn to become you company's best salesperson.

Main audience: engineers and technical specialists working in sales and...

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