About Cynthia Tang

2006        Inducted into the Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Education
1985         BS Econ, University of Missouri – Rolla
1987         MBA, Drury University
1994         Professional Degree in Economics
1998         Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, University of Missouri - Rolla

Work Experience

Present       Retired Founder & Chairman of Insight Industries, Inc.

Founder and former chair of the board for Insight Industries, Inc., in Platteville, Wisconsin.  Insight started as an entrepreneurial software engineering consulting firm in 1987.  The company is one of the largest software engineering companies in Wisconsin and was recognized as one of the top women-owned businesses in Wisconsin for seven years.

Other

• Served as president of UMR Board of Trustees and continues active participation on the board.
• Member of the Campaign Organizing Committee, UMR
• UMR Management Systems Advisory Board
• Member of the Order of the Golden Shillelagh, UMR
• Honorary Knight of St. Patrick, UMR
• Received the Alumni Achievement Award in 1999, UMR
• Recognized as an Honored Founder in 1994, UMR
• Endowed the Cynthia Tang Missouri Professorship of Computer Engineering, UMR
• Aided in the development of the UMR Management Systems Discipline through participation and funding of scholarships, UMR
• Member of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Foundation
• Served on the board of directors for the Chamber of Commerce and Women in Engineering Advisory Board at UW-Platteville
• Founding board member of the Platteville Main Street Program for Economic Development in Platteville
• Serves as an advocate and sponsor of programs for senior citizens