Kelly Franznick '94

Kelly is a co-founder of Blink UX, a leading user experience research and design firm with studios across the US. He is passionate about making our daily interactions with technology more innovative, intuitive and rewarding. While growing Blink from two people to over 800, he has worked with hundreds of clients, from tech-sector heavy hitters like Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, to startups and non-profits.

He holds a degree in industrial design from Arizona State University and a Masters from the Institute of Design in Chicago. Prior to founding Blink UX, Kelly led user-centered design teams at E-Lab, PHC, and Bowne. He enjoys working on cutting edge projects in AI, AR/VR, and IoT. He feels lucky to have contributed to some of the largest and most successful product launches in history and his work has been recognized with a number of awards including several IDSA IDEA awards for design excellence.