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Trust is the infrastructure.

Connection is the currency.

Julissa S. Germosén helps enterprise leaders and associations build the trust layer that makes AI, transformation, and growth actually work.

Your teams are disconnected. Your AI rollout is stalling. Trust is running on fumes. Before you invest millions in another platform, build the trust infrastructure to make it work.

Julissa S. Germosén
Founder, Trust Capital AI | Keynote Speaker on Trust, AI & the Future of Work

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Watch Julissa at Rio Innovation Week. Her keynote was chosen by BNDES, the lead sponsor from 3,000 speakers as the featured keynote speaker.

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"Hosting Julissa as a keynote speaker at our summit was truly exceptional. Her blend of deep tech industry experience and actionable frameworks transformed what could have been just another keynote into a powerful moment for our community. She challenged us to see human connection not as a soft skill, but as strategic capital."

David Olivencia, CEO, Angeles Investors

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The problem no one is naming.


Organizations are scaling technology while bankrupting relationships. Teams don't trust each other. Deals stall. AI gets rolled out to people who were never brought along.

95% of GenAI pilots fail. Not because of broken algorithms. Because of broken trust.

The way out is not another tool. It's relational capital. The trust you build on purpose, one relationship at a time.

Julissa S. Germosén's Currency of Connection™ framework is the way out.

THE CURRENCY OF CONNECTION™

Every business decision is a trust decision. This framework maps the journey back.

Leaders don't know they're bankrupt until the deal dies, the team quits, or the AI rollout fails. It will never show up in your dashboard. But it will show up in your results.

An architecture of trust you build before you need it. Deposit by deposit. Not when the deal is on the table. Not when the RFP drops. Before.

We are all talking about AI. The agents. The models. The robots. The billions. But AI is the tool. You are the taste.

The flywheel. Trust compounds. Deals close faster. Your best people stay. Your influence grows beyond your title. It works for you while you’re awake and asleep.


"Julissa delivered an inspiring session to our global business group on building trust. Her practical, easy-to-apply advice sparked enthusiasm and motivated attendees to put trust into action right away. The group left energized and ready to do the work."

Francheska Colón-González, Ph.D., Associate Director, Global Regulatory Liaison

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Keynote Topics:

SIGNATURE KEYNOTE: Connection Is Your New Currency: Leading with Strategy, Soul, and AI in the Age of Disruption - How to build the trust infrastructure that makes AI adoption, team performance, and growth actually work.

The Trust Advantage: How to Lead Through Uncertainty with Connection as Your Currency - How to lead through uncertainty when stakes are high and certainty is low.

Your Hype Squad is Your Life Squad: Personal Branding, Power Moves, and the People Who Lift You Up - How to build the relationships that speak your name in rooms you are not in.

how it works

Step 1: WE ALIGN

We start with a strategy call. I interview your leadership. I study your industry. I learn the language your audience uses so the keynote feels like it was built inside your organization.

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Step 2: I DELIVER

A keynote built around the Currency of Connection™ framework. Your audience walks through the journey from relational bankruptcy to relational currency — with actionable strategies they implement immediately.

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Step 3: THEY TRANSFORM

Your leaders use the framework on Monday. Three weeks later, teams are still implementing. The keynote does not end when I leave the stage. It starts working the moment they get back to the office.

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what happens without trust infrastructure


AI rollouts that burn millions and stall at the pilot stage. Top talent that walks and nobody can explain why. Deals that die quietly in a CRM note nobody reads. Another keynote that gets a standing ovation on Tuesday and is forgotten by Thursday.

And the planner who booked the wrong speaker? They feel it in the room before the applause even ends.

AI accelerates whatever culture you already have. Trust-rich compounds up. Bankrupt compounds down. Faster.


“Truly inspiring! You brought so much energy today! I've heard nothing but compliments from our attendees about how valuable the insights you shared were.”

David Thompson, Managing Director, Transformation and Execution, CME Group

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what audiences say

  • "This was the most valuable keynote I've heard to move my business forward."

    -Merck attendee

  • "Amazing! To the point, easy to understand and realistically achievable."

    -ADP attendee

  • "I wish it were longer."

    -ADP attendee

  • "The best hour I have spent in a long time."

    -Google attendee

  • "A kick-ass session that motivates you to pick up your cup and build your cafecito your way."

    -Capital One attendee

  • "She walks her talk about human connection. Prior to the event she walked around introducing herself."

    -Bristol Myers Squibb attendee

  • "You spoke in such a way that allowed us to connect and to implement what we've learned."

    -TikTok attendee

  • "How to build strategic connections not only to benefit myself but others."

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AND THREE WEEKS LATER:

"We have already begun implementing your ideas within our team."

— SXSW Attendee

Connection is not a soft skill.

It’s a growth strategy.


order my Bestselling book!

Latina Madrina has won six awards, including the International Latino Book Award and the International Independent Press Award, and was selected for the U.S. Library of Congress Latinx and Caribbean Collection.

In it, Julissa offers an empowering guide for Latinas, BIPOC, and other marginalized leaders navigating the tech industry and their identity. From tackling microaggressions to building financial well-being, she acts as your Latina Madrina, offering guidance only someone who's walked the path can give.

Think of her as your Latina Madrina.

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Julissa S. Germosén is the founder of Trust Capital AI and a keynote speaker on trust, human connection, and the human side of AI. A Dominicana and one of just 2% of Latina leaders in corporate America, she spent 20 years at Microsoft and Salesforce with more than $1B in business impact. She created the Currency of Connection™ and A.C.T. Framework™, and has keynoted at TEDx, Google (three times), IBM, Capital One, SXSW, Merck, and Rio Innovation Week.

Her core message: AI is commoditizing. Trust is the new moat.

meet julissa

AI IS COMMODITIZING. TRUST IS THE NEW MOAT.

THE LEADERS WHO BUILD IT WILL OWN WHAT COMES NEXT.