Ethan F. Becker

Ethan F. Becker is an author, executive, and speech coach.

Early life Becker graduated from Fitchburg State University in 1993 before beginning a career in marketing. While working as the marketing director at Media 100, he created a prototype video streaming service in the late-1990s during a partnership with Canon, a service that was sold to Autodesk. while completing his MBA from Capella University. In the media, he has also discussed the rise of social media and the importance of monitoring what one’s online image communicates to others. Becker has served as an instructor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design Executive Education program. He has also been a guest lecturer at Boston College, Boston University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Babson, and Johns Hopkins University.

Writing Becker is the coauthor of Mastering Communication at Work: How to Lead, Manage and Influence with Jon Wortmann, in which he shares advice for people in the business world. Jason Jacobsohn wrote of the book that, "By sprinkling case studies throughout the book, the reader has a real world understanding of the impact of a particular technique." and ensuring common cross-cultural understandings.

The second edition of Mastering Communication at Work: How to Lead, Manage, and Influence was published on February 9, 2021. A detailed review by Robert Morris, who is a hall of fame top 1000 reviewer said "I urge you to read and then re-read their book" can be found on the Amazon review site for the book.

Personal life Ethan Becker was born to Dennis and Paula Borkum Becker, the founders of the Speech Improvement Company, and is married to his wife Kelly Durkin Becker.