Franklyn is a graduate of Yale University and a former researcher at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, where he was involved in psychometric test development and data analysis. Today, he applies his skillsets at a technology startup in San Francisco, and hopes leverage technology for social impact.

Franklyn supported the Contentment Foundation during its earliest days as an undergraduate researcher at Yale. While there, Franklyn collected, analyzed, and published data on the psychological outcomes of cultivating contentment in life. He also developed the first prototype version of our digital assessment engine, which is now housed in a more advanced form within the Four Pillars online platform.