Bio
President of the United Futurists of Well-Being
Bio
President of the United Futurists of Well-Being
David Hester Jr., Ph.D., has over ten years of executive coaching and strategic planning experience within the tech and health and wellness industry. David is a facilitator, counselor, researcher, and full-time curator of new and purposeful tech in well-being management.
David's background is in mental health counseling, meditation research, executive advisory, and curating new technology for wellbeing, bringing various perspectives and creative problem-solving.
David worked in a developmental role with engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs on product designs for meditation applications and programs. David has also contributed to the Transformative Technology Lab (TTL). TTL's focus is permanently moving a billion people into a state of wellbeing and flourishing by 2030.
In 2021 David joined Life Guides because their mission is similar to TransTech. Life Guides mission is to positively impact 1 billion people in the next 15 years. David contributes to Life Guides as an executive and supports the development and quality of the Guides community.
David served as COO for Good Intentions Counseling Service LLC, which provides therapy to special needs individuals and underserved populations. David Hester holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuropsychology from Sofia University, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Washington state, and graduate certificates in positive psychology and medical neuroscience from the University of North Carolina and Duke University, respectively.
Photography courtesy of Dream Of Gold by DaAlexander
What are the latest developments in your field? Are there any exciting things coming in the next few years or decades that will change your line of business?
A.I. and wearable devices are becoming more and more prevalent in our daily lives. What's more intriguing is the next step, where biosensors, heart rate variability, and brain sensing technology will become ubiquitous. Navigating through the stress and strain of our highly stimulated lifestyles is becoming a daunting task. Ancient technologies like meditation and positive thinking are beginning to receive more and more attention through empirical research. This presents the opportunity for corporations, schools, and individuals to increase personal awareness and self-understanding. Organizations like BuddhistGeek, ConsciousnessHacking, and TransTech Lab, help to build this awareness through research and exploration.
