What We Do
Montana von Fliss and her team of trainers transform presenters into passionate, powerful, and confident storytellers. For the past 18 years we’ve been coaching regularly for companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google—as well as a myriad of start-ups and individuals—on a broad range of communication issues, including content strategy, storytelling, and of course, seamless delivery. Our many years as professional actors, directors, and playwrights give us unique insight into how to disrupt the tradition of boring presentations. Our passion is helping people own the stage and find ease, confidence, and a new toolset to tackle the daunting task of public speaking.
Serving the Community
Montana & Co. offers pro bono coaching to 1-3 low-income clients every month to help prepare for job interviews or presentations. Priority is given to women, people of color, and LGBTQIA+.
RingCentral
Salesforce
Salesloft
Salina Regional Health Center
The School of Visual Concepts
Seattle Chocolates
sepago (Germany)
Simply
Snowflake
Smartsheet
super{set}
Tableau Software
T-Mobile
Toyota
Vercel
Washington Filmworks
Washington Health Plan Finder
water IT Security
Whitepages
Zonar Systems
1Password
2A Consulting
98Point6
Highland Private Wealth
Management
Honeywell
The Information Lab (UK)
Johnson & Johnson
Knapsack
Launch Consulting Group
Linear
Microsoft
Mintlify
Modal
National Christian Foundation
NCSoft
Nintendo
Olson/Kundig Architects
OpenText
Outreach
Parker University
Providence Health & Services
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
ReacHIRE
Roblox
Adobe
Amazon
Anaconda
AT&T
Atlassian
Axonius
Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)
Cisco Meraki
Crux
DataGrail
Data Literacy
Davis Wright Tremaine
Attorneys at Law
dbt Labs
dinext (Germany)
Electronic Arts
Exasol (Germany)
Expedia
Fenwick & West LLP
Fidelity Bank (Ghana)
GitHub
GitLab
Clients Served
Microsoft Inspire
Microsoft Ready
Microsoft STRIKE
Microsoft Windows Tech
Summit
Outreach Unleash
Story Camp
super{set} Rewire
Tableau Conference
TEDx
WFF Leadership Conference
GitHub Satellite
GitHub Summit
GitHub Women's Leadership
Summit
GitHub Universe
Grace Hopper Celebration
Microsoft Azure + AI
Microsoft Black Hat
Microsoft BlueHat
Microsoft Build
Microsoft Ignite
Amazon Accelerate
Amazon AdCon
Amazon Freight Partners
Summit
Amazon AWS re:Invent
Amazon AWS Summit
dbt Labs Coalesce
DEF CON
GitHub Galaxy
GitHub RKO
Conferences Served
Meet the Co.
Montana von Fliss
Communication Coach & CEO
Montana von Fliss is an internationally recognized keynote speaker and communication coach who helps people deliver powerful, engaging, and confident presentations. Her 2025 TEDx Talk, How to Be Confident (Even If You're Not), has inspired millions worldwide with over 6 million views and counting! At the end of the year, TEDx awarded Montana with the "Most Watched TEDx Talk of 2025." For more than 18 years, Montana has coached leaders and teams at over 60 companies, including Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, on storytelling, executive presence, mindset, and delivery. She blends 30+ years as a professional actor with deep communication expertise to create talks that are both actionable and entertaining. Montana is also a sought-after facilitator and event MC, and the founder and CEO of Montana & Co.
John Osebold
Communication Coach & COO
John received his BA from the University of Washington and has worked extensively as a theater director, performer, writer, storyteller, and public speaker. As a communication coach, John has trained speakers at Amazon, Microsoft, and GitHub, and has written and edited content for Microsoft and Woot.com. John has a passion for storytelling and he loves to help people stand up and tell an impactful story in front of any audience. He also serves as video editor, animator, and Chief Operations Officer for Montana & Co.
Marianna de Fazio
Communication Coach
Marianna received her MFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Washington, after which she began coaching dialect for stage and screen. This focus on voice and speech led to coaching accent modification in addition to presentation prep. Clients past and present include individuals and workshops at the Archdiocese of Seattle, Shell Corporate, Applied Materials, Humanities Washington Speaker Bureau, University of Washington Law Library, Prettybooks Accounting, and WeWork Corporate, to name a few. She has coached presenters at several tech conferences (AWS Re:Invent, Tableau Conference, Microsoft STRIKE and Tech Ready) and was recently an adjunct professor at Seattle Pacific University teaching Voice for Theatre.
Kate Kraay
Communication Coach
Kate received her Masters Degree in Theater from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and has been a professional actor on stage and screen for most of her life. As a communication coach, Kate has trained speakers at companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Raymond James Financial to help their employees prepare for conferences, deliver pitches, and improve their workplace culture and Emotional Intelligence. Kate loves to help people to speak confidently and concisely, presenting in a manner which is clear, well-organized and persuasive.
Dakota von Fliss
CCO
Dakota has a long tenure in creating customer connection and a passion for making people's day a little brighter by helping them overcome obstacles, technological and beyond. At Montana & Co., Dakota manages client relations and works behind the scenes in social media management, marketing, and systems analysis.
Photo of Montana von Fliss by Naissance Photography