His research began with over 1,000 individuals who claimed to experience Fundamental Wellbeing. This resulted in the first reliable, cross-cultural and pan-tradition classification system for these types experience. It also led to the fundamental discovery that these were psychological states that had been identified and adopted for thousands of years by many cultures and belief systems. They were not inherently spiritual or religious, or limited to any given culture or population, and could be molded in many ways to shape the experience.

Jeffery’s current work involves helping people use what’s been learned to make the life-changing transformation into Fundamental Wellbeing. His initial recent study achieved strong validation, with approximately 70% of participants who successfully completed the program reaching ongoing non-symbolic experience in less than 4 months (FindersCourse.com). This was followed up with a shorter 6 program that achieved a 65% success rate (45Days.one), and an 90+% success rate for 45Days plus two follow-up classes (that are all completed in under 4 months) His interest in Transformative Technology comes from a belief that findings like his can be translated into mass consumer technologies and affect billions of lives worldwide. Since 2008 he has worked to bring together the stakeholders from academia, technology, business, finance, and public policy to create a sustainable technology space that dramatically improves human well-being.

A bestselling author and award-winning educator, Jeffery has authored, co-authored, or co-edited over 20 books and numerous other publications. His work has regularly been featured at leading academic conferences worldwide, as well as major public forums such as Deepak Chopra’s Sages and Scientists Symposium, Wisdom 2.0, the Science and Nonduality Conference, the Asia Consciousness Festival, and TEDx. He has been covered in media as diverse as the South China Morning Post and PBS’s Closer to Truth, and been an invited speaker at many top universities including: Harvard, Yale, University of London, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and the National University of Singapore.

Jeffery’s academic work lies at the intersection of technology, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and transformative studies. His research on non-symbolic consciousness began while he was a graduate student in Transformative Studies at CIIS and Psychology at Harvard. He also holds master of science degrees in information technology and management. He is the Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness (nonsymbolic.org), a Research Professor and Director of the Transformative Technology Lab (transtechlab.org). Prior to his current affiliation with Stanford University, he was Distinguished University Professor, William James Professor of Consciousness, and Dean of Research at Sofia University. He holds a number of additional appointments across a variety of institutions worldwide, and serves on many advisory boards.

In addition to his academic and research interests, Jeffery is a life-long serial and parallel entrepreneur with a 30+ year background at intersections of wellbeing, media, advertising, and technology. He serves as a paid and equity-based advisor for a wide range of companies, including many in the Transformative Technology space. He is also an active early stage investor in TransTech startups.

Fun facts about him include that he has worked on broadcast crews for most major sports championships, ran the division at the heart of the world’s largest advertising conglomerate that led the industry’s earliest conversion to digital, was one of the first successful online marketers, pioneered digital asset management for most of the Fortune 100, spent time as a notorious hacker, and much more.