Dr. J. Kelly Flanagan earned BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from BYU in 1988 and 1989. He received his PhD from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at BYU in 1993 and took a faculty position in the Computer Science Department. He has published more than 30 technical papers, received more than $2 million in funding, advised numerous graduate students, and received a teacher of the year award and the Utah Golden Key Award.
In the Computer Science Department he served as graduate coordinator and associate chair and served on other department, college, and university committees. He currently serves as vice president of information technology and chief information officer of BYU. He continues to teach, do research, and advise several PhD, MS, and undergraduate students.
Kelly is married to Linda Montgomery Flanagan.