Richard Klees, President of Communication Power, has been a communication training specialist over 30 years. As Training Consultant for Corporate Communication Skills International his clients included American Express, The Bar Association of NYC, Bristol Myers-Squibb, IBM, Citibank and the United Nations. As Vice President of Training and Corporate Affairs for Protech International, he worked with expert witnesses on their testimony before Congress and the Judiciary. Since establishing a home in Seattle in ‘91, Communication Power has conducted programs for Microsoft, AT&T Wireless, Amazon, Weyerhaeuser, Intuit, EMC, Concur, IBM, Adobe, Tableau Software, Expedia/Egencia, Intel, Starbucks, Boeing, HP, Sound Transit, Boehringer Ingleheim, Aditi, InterWorks, Lotus, Talend, Parallels, Taser, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Redfin, PACCAR, T-Mobile, Caradigm, F5 Networks, Real Networks, Bazaar Voice, NCC Group Trust, Polycom, Micro Encoder, Mosaix, Synopsys Corp., Apollo Lightspeed, Seattle Housing Authority, Oblicore, Paramark, Moss Adams, Dimension Data, 9 Mile Labs, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Vertafore, digiMine, Quilogy and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Communication Power is a consulting firm dedicated to helping people achieve their objectives through poised, dynamic, and confident communication skills. By empowering the individual to take responsibility for communication from a receiver centered point-of- view, each person can apply our unique techniques and acquire skills to enhance competence, credibility and confidence. Richard has an uncanny knack for quickly diagnosing the challenges his clients face and providing concrete solutions, enabling people to become self-aware and overcome obstacles that inhibit their progress. “Speakers must present information with passion and confidence, using strong voices and convincing body language – whether on a stage or in an office,” he says. “Actors learn these skills. So can anyone else who puts their mind to it.”

Since 1994, Richard has worked on countless Microsoft events and conferences, offering his unique approach to coaching speakers, as well as addressing many other issues from executive presence to voice training. He has prepared individuals for meetings with press and analysts. has worked with over 100 Microsoft executives, general managers and directors over the years, honing their messaging and delivery.

Richard has trained individuals internationally in Dublin, Stockholm, Athens, Prague, Haifa, Turkey, Estonia, Romania, U.K., Singapore. Beijing, Shanghai, Frankfurt, Bangkok, Copenhagen and many other locales.

Richard has been on faculty at the University of Washington, Bellevue Community College, Lake Washington Technical College and Antioch University’s Heritage Institute where he taught many employees from Microsoft, Boeing, Digital Equipment Corp, GE Capital and Eddie Bauer, just to name a few. His classes included Public Speaking: Capture the Attention of Any Audience, Improve Your Speaking Voice and Your Professional Image, Consultative Customer Service, Acting For Non-Actors: A Non-Traditional Way to Be a Better Communicator, and Speak With Confidence: The Speech Doctor. His success as a trainer is fortified by 25 years of experience as a professional theater director and actor in NYC, where he was Artistic Director of a major performing arts festival for 12 years.

“Every Communication Power Training Professional brings many years of valuable theatrical experience to bear on their coaching expertise. I wouldn’t have it any other way, because actors and directors make the best coaches!”