McDaniel College elects Jin Kang to Board of Trustees

McDaniel College has named Jin Kang of Great Falls, Va., to its board of trustees.

Kang is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of WidePoint Corporation and serves as a director of the company. A serial entrepreneur, Kang has more than three decades of professional experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate management, technology management, business development, and financial management in information technology.

He is also the founder of WidePoint Integrated Solutions Corp. (formerly known as iSYS, LLC), which he started in 1999 and served as its president and CEO until 2017. Kang successfully managed the subsidiary from inception to a company with gross revenues of $24 million when acquired by WidePoint in 2008.

With a successful operations track record and proven ability to drive growth and maximize profitability of an organization, Kang is a recognized expert in the field of trusted mobility management for both the public and private sectors.

Kang has held senior management positions with several of the world’s leading technology corporations as well as key leadership positions on high-profile government programs including the Combined DNA Index System, Defense Medical Information Systems/Systems Integration, Design Development, Operations and Maintenance Services, and the Defense Blood Standard System. Kang obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science and computer systems management from the University of Maryland.

For more information about McDaniel College, visit www.mcdaniel.edu.

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McDaniel College, founded in 1867, is a four-year, independent college of the liberal arts and sciences offering more than 70 undergraduate programs of study, including pre-professional specializations and student-designed majors, and over 20 graduate programs. One of 40 “Colleges That Change Lives,” McDaniel emphasizes experiential learning and student-faculty collaboration to develop the unique potential in every student. Represented by the Green Terror, its 24 athletic teams compete in the NCAA Division III Centennial Conference. A student-centered community of 1,800 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students offers access to both Baltimore and Washington, D.C., plus a European campus in Budapest, Hungary. www.mcdaniel.edu