Kellen Hileman is from Raleigh, North Carolina. He graduated from Appalachian State University in May 2025 with a BS in Industrial Design. He has made the Chancellors list each semester and has a SolidWorks mechanical design associate certificate. He exhibited a collaborative project at ICFF 2024 and at Prague Designblok 2024. Kellen interned at Black Creek Workshop, designing for small scale manufacturing, and at Marbles Kids Museum, improving exhibits. He is working in electronics and experiential design.