Jeff Karlberg is an Adjunct Professor at Rockford University. He has developed a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses. Jeff has coauthored 3 textbooks. He has given professional development training for companies such as Unilever, UPS and the Chicago Water reclamation district.

He is a serial entrepreneur and has started and run several businesses. One of his companies developed and manufactured cell phone cases through international partnerships in China and India. Jeff has filed for 4 provisional utility patents. He was a regional director for a fortune 500 company and responsible for the expansion into the Midwest territory including 8 states and total revenue from $0 to 2.8 million in two years. Jeff was also a co-founder of Energy (Effective necessary energy regularly guiding youths) Non-for-Profit a 501c3 responsible for the mentoring and coaching of youths through athletics.