"Captain Phillips did a great job in messaging the importance of never being over-prepared for anything. He turned a harrowing experience into a lesson about bravery, teamwork, and leadership. He was also very funny…. not at all what we were expecting. The audience enjoyed hearing his story and getting to meet him. As always, we enjoyed working with Harry Walker for our annual client conference."

"He’s even more relatable and inspiring than we hoped for. We enjoyed every minute he spent with us. Our VP of Spiritual Care also stuck around all day so he could talk with Captain Phillips and hear him speak. We adore Dr Millikan, he inspires us so often - so it was great to see him connect with someone he was so inspired by. Several of my team members started reading his book over the weekend and we’ve had “hallway book club meetings” all day Monday."

"Captain Phillips was an outstanding speaker. His story, humor and message truly resonated with my group."

"Everything went great! Captain Phillips was an excellent speaker and really networked with our members before and after which is something we really appreciate."

"The event was wonderful and everyone loved hearing from Captain Phillips. He is an excellent (and very fast) speaker. Thank you for connecting us. I do hope to work with you and the Harry Walker agency again in the future. It was a great experience!"

"I had the pleasure of accompanying Captain Phillips and Andrea Phillips at last night’s event. It was an honor to be able to not only hear the story first hand but to meet both of them in person. They are the most amazingly humble and genuine people, a pure joy given the ordeal they have been through. Captain Phillips was excellent with his speech and relating it to the attendees. There was a great turnout and the client was beyond thrilled. Thank you for helping make this happen. We at Blue Sky look forward to working with you and your team again in the near future."

"We very much enjoyed Captain Phillips – a very genuine person who is humble in telling his story, which makes the audience perhaps imagine that they too could step up and take responsibility in a very unimaginable set of circumstances."

"i can’t tell you enough how much everyone enjoyed meeting with Rich and hearing his story. He was the perfect mix of humble, kind, entertaining and endearing. What a wonderful person!"

"Captain Phillips’ speech was awesome. What a riveting story and he was so low-key and friendly. What a great guy! We really enjoyed him very much."

"Captain Phillips was perfect -- big hit with our audience! He was so approachable and genuine and really connected with our participants. In fact one our our employees was sharing piracy and Navy Seal stories with him... The photo and book signing session and the lunch were a really nice touch."

"When I met Captain Phillips at IAH on Sunday afternoon, we seemed to make an immediate connection and began talking about sports, hobbies, travel and the like. The 90 mile drive from Houston to Beaumont was as pleasant as it could be. On Monday, the Student Q&A Session, the pre-lecture dinner (12 quests), the lecture itself, and the post-lecture VIP reception were really quite amazing. In addition to being a down to earth, unpretentious Underhill, Vermont type of person, Captain Phillips is a gifted speaker and the audience of 425+ enjoyed not only his humor, but also his core messages about duty, leadership, and faith in oneself. He is gracious to the very last decimal point. I only hope that Captain Phillips enjoyed his visit with us, as much as we enjoyed his generosity of spirit and, of course, his compelling presentation."

"We thoroughly enjoyed having Capt Phillips. He is a warm and genuine speaker."

"Everything went extremely well with Captain Richard Phillips! He did a great job delivering his story, capturing the attention of our audience, and inspiring ways to stay motivated during turbulent times – which was an excellent way to start off our event. Overall, it was an honor to have him speak at our conference and a memorable experience for everyone who got to listen to him."

"Everything went perfectly. I’ve heard a ton of great feedback about Captain Phillips and he is so nice! We really enjoyed having him so please do pass on the good feedback."

"Captain Phillips is WONDERFUL! He and his wife Andrea are two of the most down to earth, amazing people I have ever met. They were so comfortable with our small group (we had about 80 people in attendance) and spent over an hour afterwards talking in small groups with everyone."

"Thanks again for helping facilitate having Captain Phillips participate in the 9th Argus Americas Asphalt Summit and for having him conduct such a great presentation. The breakfast was a huge success and the book signings were fantastic. Captain Phillips was a pleasure to work with and truly an interesting and great person."

"We had a great presentation delivered and we are very, very happy. Captain Phillips got a standing ovation! It was spectacular and relevant to our event."

"The event went really well and the clients were very pleased. "

"Captain Phillips did a great job yesterday, the attendees really enjoyed his message and appreciate all the time he took with the Q&A. Here are a few comments that I heard. He was personable, engaging, interesting and made great points about how his lessons learned apply to business. He stayed afterwards and chatted with employees during the reception and both he and the employees seemed to really enjoy it. The group loved that he wasn’t stuffy or stand-offish."

"People loved him!! The presentation went smoothly, the reception was great: we did photos, he stayed at the VIP event for over an hour chatting with folks. Very successful!! "