Dr. Victor Porak de Varna

Management Consultant

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22201 Arlington, United States

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Personal information

Wants

I am interested in business opportunities, energizing contacts and conversations, challenging questions and interdisciplinary thinking. I am not interested in solicitations of any kind.

Haves

Consultant, researcher, lecturer, author and entrepreneur in the areas of recruitment and selection, personality assessments, behavioral interviews, grounded theory, development of competency models, capability reviews and employee development, workshops, training and coaching. Technical background in electrical engineering and computer science with consulting experience in concept and implementation of distributed IT systems and databases. Academic background in value measurement, communication control, behavioral finance and experimental economics.

Interests

Piano and classical music, Russian literature, philosophy, fine arts, martial arts (karate, aiki-bujutsu, iai-jutsu)

Organizations

University club

Professional experience (13 years)

May 2007 - present

(1 year, 7 months)

Management Consultant

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Industry: Management Consulting, Executive Search, Recruiting, Selection, Assessment, Competency Modeling

Jul 2006 - Feb 2007

(8 months)

Senior Consultant - Acting Vice President

Marnet Holding

Industry: Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Oct 2002 - Jun 2006

(3 years, 9 months)

Head of Competency Center - Project Manager

University of St.Gallen - Center for Financial Communications

Industry: Academia

Oct 1995 - Jun 2006

(10 years, 9 months)

Senior Consultant - Project Manager

IT & HR Consulting

Industry: Management Consulting

Status

Recruiter

Educational background

University/College

GMU - George Mason University, Aug 2005 - Sep 2005

Experimental Economics

Visiting scholar at the Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES)

University of St.Gallen, Apr 1999 - Oct 2002

Business Administration, Doctorate

Communications Management, Investor Relations, Success and Value Measurement, Communications Controlling

University of St.Gallen, Oct 1993 - Feb 1999

Business Administration, MA - Business Administration

Information and Technology Management

EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Oct 1990 - Jul 1993

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Microelectronics, programming languages, machine language

Languages

English, Spanish, French, German

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Urs Wagner, Prof. Dr. Andrea Back, Jean-Baptiste Felten, Christian Dreyer

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