SALES EXPERT · KEYNOTE SPEAKER ON REFERABILITY, TRUST & REVENUE

Stephen Oommen

Creator of The Referral Effect™, helping sales teams win in an AI-driven world by putting relationships first.

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In Person Keynote: $15,000

Virtual Keynote: $10,000

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Texas

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In-Person Keynote, Virtual Keynote

About Stephen

Stephen Oommen is an international keynote speaker and creator of The Referral Effect™, a reputational revenue approach to business growth built on more than 25 years of real-world leadership experience. He combines both AI and real relationships to create a real-AI-tionship first process.

  • Throughout his career at companies including Microsoft, ADP, Citibank, and Accenture, Stephen has led high-performing sales organizations, generated billions in revenue, and helped organizations rethink how they build trust and drive sustainable growth. After making more than one million cold calls through a combination of manual and automated dials, he uncovered a surprising truth: 98% of his revenue came from warm relationships. That insight became the foundation for his "Go-to-Network" philosophy, proving that meaningful connections consistently outperform transactional selling.

    Today, Stephen equips leaders, sales teams, and organizations with practical strategies to create stronger relationships, accelerate revenue, and build lasting influence in an increasingly AI-driven world. His engaging keynotes blend data-backed insights, compelling stories, and actionable frameworks that leave audiences inspired to rethink how they connect, collaborate, and grow.

    Whether speaking to enterprise sales teams, leadership groups, or industry conferences, Stephen's message is clear: the future of business belongs to those who invest in relationships AND technology.

Speaking Topics

  • How to become the kind of person people are proud to introduce - and how to build the kind of network that makes those introductions inevitable.

    Before automation, before sequences, before dashboards, business moved through trust. The problem is not that relationship-driven revenue stopped working. The problem is that most teams stopped building it intentionally.

    Stephen shows B2B leaders how reputation moves through networks, why warm introductions outperform cold activity, and how teams can become easier to trust before the sales conversation ever begins.

    This is more than a networking talk. It is a revenue talk about the relationships your pipeline already depends on.

  • What revenue teams must build when everyone can sound credible.

    AI has made it easier than ever to reach people. It has not made it easier to be trusted by them. 

    Technology can create reach. Relationships create access.

  • Why your network is not your net worth until people are willing to bet on you.

    Everyone says your network is your net worth. Stephen disagrees. Your network is only worth what people are willing to risk their reputation to introduce.

    A referral is not a transaction. It is an earned transfer of trust. 

  • "If you're looking for a keynote speaker or trainer who not only captures the room but truly drives impact long after the session ends, look no further than Stephen Oommen. People were raving about his energy, clarity, and actionable insights and what really stood out is how quickly his strategies were put into practice. His message sticks and transforms. If you're serious about motivating your teams and driving real results, I cannot recommend Stephen highly enough."

    — HOSAM SAYED, WORKWAVE

  • "After Stephen’s keynote, one of our leaders said he was the best speaker he had ever seen. I nodded in agreement. Stephen does not speak in theory. He speaks from lived experience, and you can feel it in the room."

    —  ANGELA SPERRY, DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC CSM, APPFOLIO

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