Intellectual Property
Who owns the Vienna Human Capital Performance Index™ (The Vienna Index™)?
The Vienna Index is the exclusive property of Vienna Human Capital Advisors, LLC. The patent for the Vienna Index is in patent-pending status and is filed with the United States Patent & Trademark Office. It is also protected under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), which applies to all countries that are parties to the PCT.

Who invented the Vienna Index?
The Vienna Index was invented by Frank DiBernardino and Michael McClure.

How was the Vienna Index developed?
The Vienna Index was developed in response to a simple question asked by a CEO: "Are there credible ways to measure the financial performance of our investment in people?"

Our research on HR-centric measures didn't provide a credible set of measures that could answer this question in a comprehensive and convincing manner. We then looked to financial measures and found universally accepted and commonly used measures for ROI, Productivity and Liquidity. After extensive trial and error, and vetting by CHROs, CFOs, private equity executives, investment bankers and Vienna's accounting firm, Vienna HCA adapted these measures to the human capital investment.