Win more RFQs and get more business awarded.

Leverage frameworks specifically designed for the Automotive Industry.

Do your teams know exactly what to sell, who to sell to, and how to sell it?

If not, this is costing you millions.

80%

The percentage of business presentations that fail

51

The satisfaction level of sales leaders with the quality of their sales collateral content

8.2

The average number of stakeholders for each enterprise deal

Our strategic storytelling frameworks help you win more RFQs by transforming your generic pitch decks into market-leading presentations that award more business than you can imagine.

Hello, I am Stéphane Lagresle

25+ Years of Automotive Industry Leadership

Former executive with global automotive brands, now helping companies transform their storytelling approach to win more business. Host of “Under the Hood” podcast, featuring conversations with industry leaders from automotive innovators.

Leveraging decades of experience with global brands 

“Under the Hood: Automotive Storytelling” Podcast
Featuring exclusive conversations with automotive industry leaders

Stop losing RFQs to generic presentations

Are you in one of the situations below?

  • Struggling with messages that fail to captivate executives or leave lasting impressions

  • Having keynotes approaching fast without a powerful story
  • Facing fragmented narratives that undermine your strategic positioning
  • Looking for a unified message for your upcoming industry event (CES, IAA, MWC…)
  • Finding difficult to translate technical expertise into compelling team-wide narratives
  • Having teams lacking storytelling skills and techniques

How we help Automotive Leaders win more business

Leverage Automotive-Grade Storytelling.

Executive Story Accelerator

For leaders dealing with high-stakes presentations

Strategic Story Blueprint

For companies needing unified messaging across teams

Team Storytelling System

For teams preparing for critical events and RFQs

What ESA brings you

🎭 A story that makes your presentation memorable
🎨 Slides that will convey your messages
🎯 Story & Telling techniques to make an impact

What SSB brings you

🔄 An unified narrative architecture
🔍 Translation of your Tech to Value
⚡ Organizational Messaging Alignment

What TSS brings you

🧠 A strong understanding of storytelling & its value
🗣️ Industry-Specific Narrative Frameworks
🤝 Tools and techniques to communicate to customers

Perfect for execs who need:

  • Board presentations that need to land
  • Investor pitches that must convince
  • Product launches that must inspire
  • Strategy rollouts that need to align

Ideal for organizations facing:

  • Major industry events where your story must stand out (CES, MWC, IAA, etc.)
  • Product launches that require market education and positioning
  • Corporate repositioning initiatives following strategic shifts
  • Cross-functional alignment challenges between technical and marketing teams

Perfect for Teams that need to:

  • Transform technical demos into compelling business cases
  • Accelerate sales cycles through clearer value communication
  • Unify technical and sales messaging
  • Differentiate in competitive technical evaluations

We help Automotive leaders win more business.

Leverage Automotive-Grade Storytelling.

Executive Story Accelerator

For leaders dealing with high-stakes presentations. 

How ESA will help you win RFQs

🎭 A story that makes your presentation memorable
🎨 Slides that will convey your messages
🎯 Story & Telling techniques to convince

 

Perfect for execs who need:

  • Board presentations that need to land
  • Investor pitches that must convince
  • Product launches that must inspire
  • Strategy rollouts that need to align

Strategic Story Blueprint

For companies needing unified messaging across teams.

How SSB will transform your events and product launches

🔄 An unified narrative architecture
🔍 Translation of your Tech to Value
⚡ Organizational Messaging Alignment

 

Ideal for organizations facing:

  • Major industry events where your story must stand out (CES, MWC, IAA, etc.)
  • Product launches that require market education and positioning
  • Corporate repositioning initiatives following strategic shifts
  • Cross-functional alignment challenges between technical and marketing teams

Team Storytelling System

For teams preparing for critical events and RFQs

How TSS will increase your closing rate

🧠 A strong understanding of storytelling & its value
🗣️ Industry-Specific Narrative Frameworks
🤝 Tools and techniques to communicate to customers

 

Perfect for Teams that need to:

  • Transform technical demos into compelling business cases
  • Accelerate sales cycles through clearer value communication
  • Unify technical and sales messaging
  • Differentiate in competitive technical evaluations

Transformative Automotive-Grade Storytelling.
Concrete results.

HARMAN at CES: Technical-to- Executive Translation

I was responsible to orchestrate compelling
consumer stories for the demo vehicles, and delivered 100+ executive presentations.

  • Led the definition of the overall event theme
  • Created zones addressing main market challenges
  • Directed the creation of narratives for the demo vehicles

Ferrari Partnership: Emotional Narrative Engineering

I created story-driven activation frameworks that converted technical specifications into emotional experiences.

  • Led the relationship with Scuderia Ferrari (Formula 1 team)
  • Worked with multiple teams including top execs from SF and HARMAN on our common story

JBL & Toyota: Value-Driven Co- Branding

My technical-to-lifestyle storytelling frameworks enabled massive revenue uplift by connecting audio engineering excellence with driver experience narratives.

  • Led multiple activations between Toyota and HARMAN on both the car audio and the infotainment areas
  • Coordinated the efforts with Toyota Europe and main country organizations

Recognized by the most influential leaders

Simply stated – Stephane is one of the most creative marketing minds in the business!

Jonathan Husby, President and CEO

If I were to start a business, he’s the kind of person I would definitely love to have on board

Pascal Peguret, SVP Connectivity

Stephane is a great Marketing professional with the right background

Jan-Maarten de Vries, CEO

Let’s win your RFQ.

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storytelling opportunity

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transformative journey

Storytelling won’t just be a nice-to-have in making an impact with B2B audiences in 2025 – it will prove to be the ultimate differentiator.

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