Dr. Vic (Dr. Victor Porak de Varna) is a thought leader in the fields of leadership development, human potential, and organizational culture. With decades of research, coaching and consulting across Europe and the Americas, Dr. Vic helps leaders transform themselves and their organizations.
Dr. Vic’s six-facet experiences, education, and talents, both broad-scoped and in-depth, are best summarized into “hardware” and “software”.
“I’m extremely blessed to have been mentored by the world’s best with Nobel Laureate in Economics, Professor Vernon L. Smith, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama”, says Dr. Vic.
1. Trusted Advisor, Executive Coach & Sounding Board
2. Technology & Engineering
3. Academic Background, Research, Teaching & Mentoring
4. Deep understanding of People Dynamics
5. Focus on Talent, Potential & Augmented Human Capabilities
6. Ability to access Subtle Communications
I founded TEP to help create human centered organizations, designed for the future of work.
As technology advances, the way we work is changing dramatically – away from repetitive tasks to leveraging truly human capabilities and traits such as excitement, passion, creativity, in-vision, in-tuition and foresight.
This work is my calling: To support leaders and their organizations is how I fulfill my life’s purpose and my soul’s contract.
With the founding of TEP, all of my life experiences, gifts, and education, have come together into one holistic approach to help activate and energize leaders, who will then transform their organizations and ultimately the world.
There’s so much dormant energy and unused potential in people and organizations – beckoning to be unleashed.
Once leaders are anchored with their innate capabilities, passion, and energy, they can create a positive cycle, where people want to come to work because it makes them feel whole, and at the end of the day they bring that positive energy back home to their loved ones – thus creating a positive and self-reinforcing energy cycle.
We empower leaders to take care of their most important asset – themselves and their people!
My second office happens to be in the sky: As a Certified Flight Instructor, I love to teach others how to take flight and earn their wings!
Associate’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science, as well as eight years as freelance IT Consultant, developing databases and user interfaces, all translate into understanding the technology side of products, solutions, as well as organizations as the “inner architect”.
At the invitation of Prof. Vernon Smith (Nobel Laureate for Economics, ) Dr. Vic collaborated with Prof. Smith in 2005, which inspired Dr. Vic to prioritize humans as assets instead of as resources or liabilities.
Applied academic competency modeling to corporate model development and simulation, to address the dynamics of human and organizational systems.
Founded CFC research center (“Center for Financial Communications”) and lectured at University of St. Gallen (“UNISG”), published 21 publications in information and communication management, and mentored doctoral students.
Dr. Vic learned from age 10 about meditative power and spirituality, while being raised in Jesuit and Benedictine monastery boarding schools.
Yoga & meditation teacher – Certified Kundalini as well as Kriya yoga & meditation teacher, Dr. Vic was first exposed to master yogi in India in his 20s, and has been practicing and teaching this Eastern philosophy of body-mind-spirit meditation.
Special connection with His Holiness The Dalai Lama, who invited Dr. Vic to a meeting in Dharamsala in 2019 where he gave his blessings for TEP.
