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Cindy Tang is the founder and former
chair of the board for Insight Industries Inc., in
Platteville, Wis. 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.
Included among Insight’s accomplishments is the
development and testing of critical flight
instrumentation used in many commercial airliners today.
Insight became an employee-owned company in the late
1990s.
Cindy is very active with S&T and in her local
community. She served as president of the S&T Board of
Trustees and continues active participation on that
board. Cindy was a member of the Campaign Organizing
Committee and was invited to speak to the Chancellor’s
Leadership Class. She also served on the S&T Management
Systems Advisory Board, and is a member of the Order of
the Golden Shillelagh. Cindy is an Honorary Knight of
St. Patrick and received the Alumni Achievement Award in
1999. Cindy was recognized as an Honored Founder in
1994. In 1997, Cindy endowed the
Cynthia Tang
Missouri Professorship of Computer Engineering in
the electrical engineering department. She has also
aided in the development of the S&T management systems
discipline through her active participation and funding
of scholarships. Within her community, Cindy is a member
of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Foundation.
She has served on the board of directors for the Chamber
of Commerce and Women in Engineering Advisory Board at
UW-Platteville. Cindy is a founding board member of the
Platteville Main Street Program, which is devoted to
economic development of Platteville. Cindy also devotes
time as an advocate and sponsor of programs for senior
citizens.
Cindy received her bachelor’s degree in economics from
S&T in 1985 and an MBA from Drury University in 1987.
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