About J. Kelly Flanagan

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Dr. J. Kelly Flanagan is the Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology at Utah Valley University (UVU) where he is also a Professor of Computer Science. Dr. Flanagan previously served as the Vice President of Digital Transformation and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of UVU. Dr. Flanagan also served as the Information Technology Vice President and CIO of Brigham Young University. In addition, he also served as the CIO for the Church Educational System of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a member of the BYU Computer Science faculty, he published numerous technical papers, acquired significant external research funding, won several awards, and received three patents.

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Kelly received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1988 and 1989 respectively. During that time he was awarded the College of Engineering’s Honored Student Award and published his thesis work in the International Conference on Computer Design. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at BYU in 1993 while working as a full-time systems administrator for that department. In 1993 he took a faculty position in the Computer Science Department at Brigham Young University and immediately took a sabbatical leave to Intel Corporation in Oregon. While at Intel he continued his research and taught a graduate course for Oregon State University. After returning to BYU he published numerous technical papers, received over $2,000,000 of funding, advised numerous graduate students, received a teacher of the year award, and received the Utah Golden Key Award. In the BYU Computer Science Department, he served as graduate coordinator, associate chair, and served on numerous department, college, and university committees. He served as the BYU Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer of BYU. He also served as the Vice President for Digital Transformation and the CIO of Utah Valley University. Kelly currently serves as the Dean of the UVU College of Engineering and Technology. Kelly is married to Linda Flanagan and they have 5 sons, 2 daughters, and 15 grandchildren.

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Kelly received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1988 and 1989 respectively. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at BYU in 1993 and took a faculty position in the BYU Computer Science Department. He has published numerous technical papers, received over $2,000,000 of funding, advised many graduate students, received a teacher of the year award, and received the Utah Golden Key Award. He served for 18 years as the Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer of BYU. He then served for two years as the Vice President for Digital Transformation and CIO of Utah Valley University (UVU). Kelly currently serves as the Dean of the UVU College of Engineering and Technology. Kelly is married to Linda Flanagan and they have 5 sons, 2 daughters, and 15 grandchildren.

Alternate Biographical Sketch

Kelly Flanagan is currently the Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology at Utah Valley University (UVU). Previously he served as the Vice President of Digital Transformation and the CIO of UVU. He previously served as the Information Technology Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Brigham Young University (BYU). Kelly also served as the CIO for the Church Educational System of the LDS Church. He has published numerous technical papers, acquired significant external research funding, has won several awards, and has received three patents. Kelly received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1993 from BYU and worked for nearly a year at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon before returning as a member of the BYU faculty. Kelly is married to Linda Flanagan and they have 5 sons, 2 daughters, and 15 grandchildren.

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