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Vesko Matakov

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Founder & Performance Advisor, The Journeer at The Journeer
📍 Little Falls, New Jersey, United States

Vesko Matakov is the Founder and Performance Advisor at The Journeer, where he helps CEOs and founders manage decision fatigue and burnout. Leveraging over 35 years of experience in movement science, biomechanics, and performance psychology, he focuses on regulating the nervous system to enhance clarity under pressure. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration.

Outside of his coaching, Vesko has a distinguished background as an elite competitive ballroom dancer, having achieved multiple national championship titles in his native Bulgaria and later becoming a 2-time US National Fred Astaire Professional International Latin Ballroom Dance Champion. He now lives in New Jersey and has an interest in the Wim Hof Method.

Unique fact: Vesko translates the same physiological and mental frameworks from his elite dancing career to help top business leaders perform at their peak.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Founder & Performance Advisor, The Journeer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Little Falls, New Jersey, United States
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Founder Wellbeing
He founded The Journeer specifically to help founders and CEOs maintain cognitive precision and avoid burnout by addressing its physiological drivers.
Nervous System Regulation
His coaching philosophy is centered on the idea that mental clarity comes from a regulated body, not just from better thinking, a concept he frequently discusses.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Founder & Performance Advisor, The Journeer
The Journeer
4-2009 - 12-2024
Competitive Ballroom Dance, Movement & Performance Coach
Fred Astaire Dance Studio
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Education
9-2001 - 3-2005
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski"
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