About Me

The coach behind LeVar Coaching

I'm Torland Charles — founder of LeVar Coaching, a division of LeVar Holdings. I've spent more than twenty years in demanding technical organizations, and I've turned everything those years taught me into coaching that puts the person first.

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Torland L.Charles
Founder & Coach

Hi, I'm Torland.

Founder & Coach · LeVar Coaching

My career spans more than twenty years across Telecom, networking and AI — as an individual contributor, a technical lead, a trusted consultant, and team leader and mentor. I've carried the pager at 3 a.m., advised some of the country's largest organizations.

Somewhere along that arc I noticed a pattern: the technology was never the hard part. The careers that stalled, the teams that struggled, the deals that faltered — those were always people problems wearing technical costumes. And the wins that mattered most were human wins: the engineer who found their voice, the leader who learned to listen, the team that started trusting each other.

That's why LeVar Coaching exists. When people thrive, business responds — I've watched it happen too many times to believe anything else. My job is to help you discover your natural strengths, navigate corporate life with clear eyes, and achieve the kind of breakthroughs AI cannot replicate.

Away from work, I'm a mentor, a speaker, and a lifelong student of how people grow. The full story of the road here — and the equation it taught me — lives on The Evolution page.

The Track Record

Results from the corporate arena

Coaching advice is only as good as the experience behind it. Mine was earned where the stakes were real.

$2.4B

Revenue portfolio led to 104% of target

245%

Peak annual quota attainment

$16.6M

New revenue from key engagements

~30%

Average YoY growth sustained over 7 years

The Road Here

One career, every seat at the table

I've held nearly every role I now coach people through — which means I've felt what my clients feel.

Individual Contributor

Learning the craft under pressure

Network operations and engineering in environments where the work had to hold — and where I learned that showing up steady is the first form of trust.

Technical Lead

Owning outcomes, not just tasks

Leading builds across justice, public safety, and national infrastructure — high-stakes rooms where composure and honesty earned the second invitation.

Trusted Consultant

Serving people, not just systems

Years advising public-sector institutions and a national partner — where listening first became my method and mentoring became my calling.

Leader & Mentor

Building a team people stayed on

Recently, leading and coaching a national team of architects — where my ideas about power, trust, and development were tested and proven with real people.

Want the full story, chapter by chapter? Read The Evolution →

Why It Matters To You

How my background shapes my coaching

I've sat in your seat

Early-career nerves, mid-career plateaus, the leap into leadership — I've lived each one. My coaching starts from recognition, not theory.

I speak both languages

Deeply technical and fully human. I help experts translate their value, and I help leaders reach the technical people they struggle to read.

I coach the way I led

Outcome-based goals, honest feedback, and deliberate development — the same approach that kept a high-performing team together, applied to your growth.

I know what AI can't do

I build AI solutions in my consulting work, so I coach with clear eyes about the future: people are the talent, AI is the doer — and your human edge is the asset.