Jack Becker

Jack Becker is a highly decorated, combat proven US Navy fighter pilot. He now shares the Top Gun process of continual improvement with any organization striving to get better everyday. His simple and repeatable process will redefine excellence for you and your team.

Key Speech Themes:

  • CREATE HIGH-PERFORMING TEAMS

  • ELEVATE LEADERSHIP

  • DRIVE INCLUSION

  • STANDARDIZE SAFETY

  • ACCELERATE SALES EXCELLENCE

Ideal Audiences:

Leadership, Environmental Health & Safety, Energy, Oil & Gas, Construction, Manufacturing, Sales Teams

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Meet Jack

Sought after by top-tier organizations like GE, Allied Transportation, American Heart Association, and Truist Bank for his exhilarating insights, keynote speaker Jack Becker transfers the split-second decision process combat fighter pilots use to equip business teams to dramatically reduce errors and optimize performance. 

Jack is a combat decorated Navy fighter pilot with over 2,000 supersonic flight hours and hundreds of aircraft carrier landings. He leverages his aviation and instructional expertise to inspire audiences to achieve peak performance, elevate leadership, and accelerate exponential results.

Topics & Descriptions

Signature Keynote for all audiences:

Supersonic Success

In this exhilarating keynote, combat decorated fighter pilot Jack Becker equips your team with the precise protocols that enable elite military aviators to optimize performance and execute under pressure while continually accelerating improvement.

Jack's process creates a psychologically safe environment where people can speak openly, share strengths and weaknesses without fear, enjoy high EQ and vulnerability as a team, and know their inputs truly matter.

  • This action-packed keynote is a results-based adventure leaving teams inspired to continually improve both professionally and personally exactly as elite fighter pilots do. Jack’s simple and repeatable process will teach your team how to repeat successes and not repeat failures. Your team will simply make fewer mistakes! Perfect for every level throughout your organization.

    Make your team agile and cohesive with this process of continual improvement. From management and sales teams to construction crews or anyone else striving to achieve peak performance, Jack allows teams to go behind closed doors to learn why U.S. fighter pilots are the best in the world. Make your team a Top Gun with Supersonic Success!

    Takeaways:

    • Perfect for any company striving to improve every day

    • Learn the C.R.M. (Crew Resource Management) critical skills so your company can and will start performing better immediately

    • Learn to implement the Top Gun Supersonic Success process of Brief–Execute–Debrief–Perfect to immediately change the mindset throughout your organization

    • Create a culture of true buy-in and ownership from every member of your team allowing you to attract and retain top talent

    • Elevate the performance of your team by capitalizing on successes and eliminating repeated failures

    • Learn to use “The Wingman Mentality,” and improve mutual support.

    • Achieve peak human performance at supersonic speeds!

Sales Keynote:

Supersonic Sales

This action-packed keynote is a results-based adventure leaving sales teams inspired to continually improve both professionally and personally exactly as elite fighter pilots do. Jack’s simple and repeatable process will teach your sales team how to repeat successes and not repeat failures. By capitalizing on how to appropriately use ego to your advantage, your team will simply close more deals.  And by creating a Wingman Mentality throughout your sales force, your team's sales will skyrocket!  

  • Make your sales team agile and cohesive with this process of continual improvement. This keynote is perfect for anyone salesperson striving to achieve peak performance, Jack allows teams to go behind closed doors to learn why U.S. fighter pilots are the best in the world. Make your team a Top Gun with Supersonic Sales!

    Takeaways:

    • Learn how to capitalize on the appropriate time to use ego to your advantage

    • Learn the C.R.M. (Crew Resource Management) critical skills so your sales team will start performing better immediately

    • Learn to implement the Top Gun Supersonic Success process of Brief–Execute–Debrief–Perfect to immediately change the learning curve throughout your organization

    • Create a culture of true buy-in and ownership from every member of your team allowing you to attract and retain top talent

    • Skyrocket sales numbers by capitalizing on successes and eliminating repeated failures

    • Learn to use “The Wingman Mentality,” and improve mutual support.

    • Achieve peak sales performance at supersonic speeds!

Safety Keynote:

Supersonic Safety

In this high-impact safety keynote, dynamic speaker and former F-18 pilot Jack Becker shares the precise protocols behind the split-second decision-making capabilities, situational awareness, and continual improvement loop that makes fighter aviation the pinnacle of high risk task execution.

  • This fast-paced keynote capitalizes on Jack’s adaptation of the Crew Resource Management process. This simple step-by-step game-plan will ensure your team improves every day by repeating successes and not repeating failures.

    Perfect for everyone from frontline operators to C-suite executives. This process will make your team improve today! Jack’s heart-pounding stories of combat missions draw parallels directly to your team’s everyday challenges.

    His secrets of reducing human error will have your organization performing at Top Gun levels immediately. His tools and techniques of improving communication, decision making, and situational awareness have helped countless industries achieve Supersonic Safety!

    (This topic can be custom tailored for any industrial safety application)

    Takeaways:

    • Learn how FLS’s training reduced OSHA recordable mishaps at a Fortune 500 company over 60%!!

    • Learn specifically with detail how fighter pilots perform high risk tasks at supersonic speeds with the Crew Resource Management critical skills for continual improvement.

    • Learn how “The Wingman Mentality” and mutual support identify and eliminate hazards in the workplace.

    • Create a culture of true buy-in and ownership from every member of your team allowing you to attract and retain top talent

    • Motivate and inspire your team instilling a relentless pursuit of perfection.

Healthcare Keynote:

Supersonic Perfection in Patient Safety

In this pivotal keynote for healthcare providers, former naval aviator turned patient safety expert Jack Becker unveils how adapting aviation-grade skills can help your team minimize errors and continually improve care quality.

  • From EMTs to surgeons, nurses to administrators, the C.R.M. critical skills have been helping healthcare providers “do no harm!” Medical errors are avoidable, and Jack’s process for increasing patient safety is truly groundbreaking.

    This exciting keynote will help any healthcare team achieve peak levels of human performance immediately!

    Takeaways:

    Perfect for any health care providers striving to minimize errors and improve every day.

    An in depth look at how the C.R.M. critical skills are drastically improving patient safety in healthcare.

    A specific “how to” detailing exactly how the Top Gun Supersonic Success process improves patient safety through all levels.

    Vital insights to how “The Wingman Mentality” and mutual support drastically and instantly improve patient safety.

Athletic Teams Keynote:

Supersonic Success in Athletics

In this hard-hitting keynote, former collegiate athlete and decorated fighter pilot Jack Becker reveals the precise preparation, team bonding, and continual optimization secrets that enable fighter squadrons to perform with championship execution under extreme pressure.

  • From collegiate athletic programs to professional sports teams, Jack’s Supersonic Game Day keynote redefines how coaches and athletes achieve Top Gun success. Having played collegiate football and ice hockey at the Naval Academy, Jack knows what it takes to win at high levels. Now, he uses jaw-dropping stories of combat challenges and successes to draw a direct parallel to game day dominance. Your team will be motivated and inspired to succeed every day from off-season preparation though game day execution. If you want to win, you need Supersonic Success!

    Takeaways:

    Perfect for any college or professional athletic team looking to guarantee victory.

    An inside look at how US fighter pilots prepare and execute missions that guarantee victory in air combat, our “game day.”.

    How championship level sports teams are benefiting from the Top Gun Supersonic Success process for continual improvement.

    How fighter pilots achieve peak Game Day Performance every mission

Deep Dive Workshop:

Supersonic Global Situational Awareness (deep dive workshop)

In this exhilarating keynote, combat-decorated fighter pilot Jack Becker equips your team with the precise protocols that enable elite military aviators to optimize performance and execute under pressure while continually accelerating improvement.

  • The key to reducing human error is to increase situational awareness. This workshop dives even further into the intricacies of the Crew Resource Management critical skills and the Top Gun Supersonic Success process by helping teams increase their situational awareness to astonishing levels. If your team is ready to take human performance to the next level, this workshop will be a home run! *This workshop is great to do as an addition to one of Jack’s keynotes.

    Takeaways:

    Perfect for any organization looking to further their peak performance by elevating Situational Awareness. Typically, Jack’s repeat customers.

    A detailed look on how situational awareness can help nearly everyone in the American workplace.

    Learn the secrets to increase your situational awareness and achieve peak human performance just like fighter pilots and FBI/CIA agents do.

Entertainment Add-On:

Not only is Jack Becker a Navy fighter pilot, he’s also a professional musician. He plays the guitar, piano and sings at venues up and down and the East Coast when he’s not on stages speaking.  Have Jack play the guitar or piano and sing along at your opening or closing reception - he knows over 1,800 songs by heart and the attendees can make requests and sing along with him to add some fun - just like in the TOPGUN movies!

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Full Bio

Renowned as one of the most dynamic keynote speakers in the industry, Jack Becker speaks to the the highest-performing organizations in the world including General Electric, Allied Transportation, the American Heart Association, and SunTrust Bank. His keynotes deliver action-packed lessons of fighter pilot combat missions to instill a culture of continual process improvement. Regardless of your business, Jack’s keynotes simply reduce human error. Your team will make fewer mistakes! For the seven N. American regions of GE Power and Water alone, Jack’s program reduced OSHA recordable mishaps over 60%.

  • Jack is a leadership, teamwork, human performance, safety, and process improvement professional whose years of expertise inspired him to found Flight Level Solutions, Inc. Now Jack has successfully adapted the same peak human performance skills that made him successful flying combat missions in the F/A-18 Hornet, to training companies striving to perform at Top Gun levels. He served as a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier-based F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet fighter pilot, instructor pilot, landing signal officer, quality assurance officer, and crew resource management instructor. Jack has over 2,000 hours flying supersonic fighter jets and brings the same passion and excitement to each keynote speech he delivers. He is a decorated combat veteran having flown numerous strike missions in the Middle East.

    As one of the Navy’s most highly decorated Landing Signals Officers (LSO), Jack was instrumental in incorporating the process improvement model of C.R.M. to help pilots improve quickly while landing supersonic fighter jets on nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. He was responsible for over 21,000 mishap-free carrier landings. In Jack’s unique experience as both an LSO and as the Navy’s top C.R.M. instructor, he saw an opportunity to relay the same skills of Brief-Execute-Debrief-Perfect to the American workplace. From healthcare groups to manufacturing, construction, sales teams, and insurance firms, Jack’s dynamic keynotes, and seminars leave a lasting impression.

    Jack earned a B.S. in Political Science with an emphasis on organizational leadership from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Currently, he serves as CEO of Flight Level Solutions, Inc., a globally recognized human performance and organizational execution consultancy. He lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia with his wife, three young daughters, and dopey golden retriever "Captain."

Testimonials

Supersonic Success testimonials

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) – Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Conference 2023

 We thoroughly enjoyed having Jack at our event and his message was right on point. Both Jack and Kelly, his associate, were great to work with. They were very thorough, detailed, and professional every step of the way. Jack took the time to learn about DFA and even attended several presentations prior to going on stage, asking many questions, to ensure his material truly resonated with the audience. His commitment and attention to detail made for an excellent event, and we have received very positive feedback from our attendees on the content of his keynote speech. 

  • Director EHS, Conference Chair. Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) – Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Conference 

  • “Jack was an astounding addition to our company conference this year. Jack commanded our group’s attention throughout his presentation, from take-off to landing. Jack shared invaluable insight on how to operate at the highest level that he gained in his role as an elite US Navy pilot, interlaced with powerful examples cherry picked from his storied career. In the day’s following our conference, several team-members let me know how much they enjoyed Jack’s speech and how they felt they had been given a new set of tools they could use to overcome work-related challenges.

    Beyond his presentation, Jack made every effort to get to know us and tailor his presentation to our group. It’s this extra level of effort that set Jack apart from other speakers we’ve hosted in the past. Having Jack join our group was an absolute pleasure and will continue to pay dividends to our organization for years to come.”

    • Director of Operations, FKG Oil Company

    “Jack was a great addition to our line-up. His message really fit into the theme of the meeting seamlessly. He interacted with our folks during the awards dinner the evening before and continued to interact with the crowd during his talk, which was much appreciated and further engaged the group.

    I really enjoyed when he would draw parallels between what he did as a Naval Fighter Pilot to what seems like everyday issues in the corporate/business world. It really puts problems into perspective and regardless of what you are doing you have to execute properly. I know that a lot of our teams walked away wanting to immediately implement the brief-execute-debrief cycle he presented.

    Our group really enjoyed his talk and it was a great way to start wrapping up the meeting and I know that his talk is still be referenced in meetings to this day.”

    • Mandy Gerhart, JBS Live Pork

    “Jack Becker is an incredible keynote speaker! He is an amazing storyteller with a great sense of humor. His passion for sharing his personal experiences and lessons learned on leadership, teamwork, and communications, was truly inspiring. More importantly, he was able to easily translate military operational tactics and strategy into many applicable takeaways for our audience of 540 business leaders. From situational awareness to the relentless pursuit of perfection, he had everyone hanging on every word. In the end, he received a well-deserved standing ovation.

    After many previous successful conference events, the pressure was on (me) to deliver the best speaker on the market. Jack Becker not only exceeded everyone’s expectation, including my own, but he was also the consummate professional to work with. Sincere thanks to Jack for making our event an overwhelming success!”

    • Tim Sater, Vice President, Marketing AAIM Employers’ Association

    “I would like to thank you for delivering a powerful presentation to our early-in-career talent yesterday. I’ve already started collecting feedback and first impressions from audience members; and all agree that you delivered an exciting presentation. Audience members were left with takeaways they can immediately apply to their day-to-day, and to me, that signifies a successful keynote! Jack, you were professional, adaptable, and engaging; a sincere joy to work with. Your professionalism coupled with your gift of keynote speaking easily met my expectations, and I would easily welcome you back to Credit One Bank in the future (next time with more audience members in attendance 😉).”

    • IMLP Coordinator, IT – Administration & Support, Credit One

    “On behalf of Allied Transportation and its employees, I would like to thank Jack for his participation as our keynote speaker in this year's Captains Meetings.

    We realize how fortunate we were to have someone of Jack’s professional expertise come and work with our group. Our employees found his presentation on Crew Resource Management to be captivating, informative, and very applicable. As a company we have heard very positive feedback regarding Jack’s material. The concepts of standardization and holding a routine debriefing session were especially well received.

    It has been a great pleasure to have had the opportunity to work with Jack. We thank him for his time and effort and hope to work with him again in the future. If you’re looking for a high-energy, engaging speaker, Jack Becker is the Top Gun! He has my highest endorsement!”

    • Jeffrey E. Parker, Vice President, Operations, Allied Transportation

    “Jack Becker is one of the best, most knowledgeable, and inspirational storytellers I've heard speak. He makes you feel as if you are part of his story, and I was able to envision myself in his shoes feeling all the feels. Myself and those around me were completely captivated from the time Jack walked on stage to when he received a standing ovation.

    “Jack provided our group of leaders with a process and a multitude of tools that we could actually use to build a foundation of trust and respect within our teams. He shared with us a proven process that has helped us continue to build trust and respect within our companies by owning and learning from our failures, but ultimately building upon our successes. Jack's process has allowed me to have those hard, yet honest and transparent conversations within my organization, which has ultimately led to a better culture and crushing our goals!

    Every good story has a lesson, or two or three, and through Jack's engaging keynote, each and every one of us business owners walked away with various takeaways that we immediately went back and implemented. Thank you for an amazing learning experience, Jack, we are grateful for all of your teachings!”

    • President Elect of EO Chicago, CEO of Candor Threads

    “Your sensational stories coupled with grounded talking points plus your engagement, energy and enthusiasm made for an awesome way to kick off our conference. I (we) received lots of positive feedback and comments from your talk. As you know, there were lots of folks wanting to talk with you after your presentation. You provided some definitive talking points that align with much of what emergency managers do, and your repeating the need for, use of, and benefit from a wingman and team was a good reminder whether you’re in the military or emergency service.”

    • California Emergency Services Associations

    “Absolutely awesome! Jack’s energy was contagious! His keynote Supersonic Success was a hit! His tools will help our team improve immediately! Best speaker I’ve seen!”

    • MOGSC Malaysian Oil & Gas Services Council

    “Jack Becker nailed it! He inspired my sales team and gave them the blueprint to perform at supersonic levels! I look forward to working with him again!”

    • Senior Vice President, SunTrust Bank

    “Amazing! Jack’s keynote hit on all the hot topics we at B.P. (British Petroleum) are focusing on with Human Performance! A truly awesome presentation by the best speaker I’ve seen in 20 years!”

    • Director of Training, British Petroleum

    “Jack Becker knocked it out of the park! Our national convention was a hit because of his keynote! Top Notch!”

    • Director, Hampton Roads Shipping Assoc.

    “Jack is a phenomenal speaker, communicator, and storyteller. The lessons that he taught are extremely relevant to anybody running an organization of any kind. As a person who runs a business of about 160 people, I found it really, really beneficial in establishing consistency, standard operating procedures, and how to mitigate risk. We had SO much fun together! Jack, I can’t wait to see you again, thank you for coming. I owe you a huge thank you!”

    • EO Chicago / CEO, Franchisee European Wax Centers

    “I wanted to give a huge shout-out to Jack Becker. He spoke at our EO event and it was fantastic! Not only was it very humbling and very eye-opening as to what it takes to be a US Navy fighter pilot, but he did a fantastic job of translating all that amazing training into what we can to day-to-day in a business environment. I would highly recommend Jack Becker. Fantastic, energetic, informative, and definitely worth the time!”

    • EO Chicago President Elect

    “I just saw an amazing talk by F-18 fighter pilot Jack Becker. He talked to us today about the parallels between being in the cockpit of an F-18 fighter jet and running a company. I wasn’t sure there were any parallels, but I’m here to tell you after hearing his talk, there are several. I had a lot of takeaways from the talk, very tangible things that I can implement in my own company. Thank you, Jack, I look forward to seeing you again in the future!”

    • CEO Lincoln Security Services

    “Wow! Completely, completely not what I thought. Here I am thinking “how is a combat fighter pilot going to relate his experiences to the business acumen of an entrepreneur today,” but I was completely blown away! He talks about eliminating human error, it was unbelievable! My biggest takeaway was being much more aware of my situational awareness and achieving peak human performance overall. Jack thank you so much, keep crushing it, you definitely have a superfan here!”

    • EO Chicago / Agency Principal at LLT Group

Supersonic Safety testimonials

“Outstanding!  Jack Becker has truly changed our culture for the better.  Zero mishaps for the first two quarters following the training!!  Best presentation I’ve seen in my career by far!!!”

  • North American Director, General Electric

  • “Jack was very well received by our employees. The fact that we had a fighter pilot here to talk about safety and human performance, so soon after Top Gun Maverick came out, was great timing. I had not seen Jack’s presentation prior to him being here, but the culture shift we are seeking in human performance, which in turn has a tremendous influence on safety and production efficiencies, were perfectly aligned with Jack’s message. I liken him to one of my kid’s cool friends. I can tell the kids something and it goes in one ear and out the other, but the same exact message seems to resonate differently if it comes from the cool friend. As leaders, we have developed programs and processes and it is received so-so by our workers. But the same message coming from Jack seems to pack more of a punch, and I look forward to hearing how he has impacted our site as we journey on with HU. Please use me as a reference if you have any clients who like to hear a first-hand experience regarding Jack. “

    • Safety and Emergency Response Manager, Urenco

    “Every person in the American workplace should attend this training! Best I’ve seen! Highly recommended! This is just what we were looking for! I will be asking you to attend future meetings for some follow up training and providing additional training at our individual project sites.”

    • Dir. Safety and Health, Clark Construction

    “Best keynote we’ve had in my career of owning this company. Jack’s entertaining and energetic style grabs your attention, and keeps you involved throughout. Crew Resource Management has changed the way we do business – for the better!! Since FLS’s training, we’ve reduced OHSA recordable mishaps 48%. Flight Level Solutions has my highest recommendation!”

    • President, Auto Metal Craft, Inc.

    “Dynamite presentation! Jack Becker has really given us something to believe in! His Crew Resource Management training not only enhanced our safety culture, but also increased our quality and efficiency. We will definitely have FLS back!”

    • CEO, Arkios BioDevelopment International

    “Jack Becker knocked it out of the park! Our national convention was a hit because of his Crew Resource Management seminar! Top Notch!”

    • Director, Hampton Roads Shipping Assoc.

Supersonic Patient Safety testimonials

“Thank you so much for your time, passion, and commitment to sharing your vision of excellence with our teams.  I can assure you from the conversations that have already occurred that many parts of your message have already created discussions of change.  From my own experience, operating in an eyes wide open environment makes such an exceptional impact on the quality of our efforts.  Amazing stuff!  This will undoubtedly help us save lives!”  

  •  Russell Griffin, Director American Heart Association Alliance Programs

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