Cynthia Heyn

Director of Corporate Relations

The University of Texas at Dallas

Cynthia is part of the corporate relations team at UT Dallas' Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science where she connects companies with Computer Science Seniors through the nationally acclaimed UTDesign Capstone program.  
Cynthia has a background in product innovation and smart cities consulting as well as in executive management for companies including Ericsson. Her work experience includes 7 years living in Europe working in markets across the globe.  She speaks Swedish and German. 
She also has experience in the not-for-profit sector. In 2016, Cynthia founded SMARTnTX, a consultancy concentrated on North Texas smart city initiatives and in 2019 became managing director of Innov8te a Smart Cities Incubator ( a collaboration of UT Dallas, Cisco, Microsoft, the Dallas Innovation Alliance and the Dallas Entrepreneur Center)
She is passionate about leading-edge technology and practical uses of existing technology to offer solutions to solve both everyday and highly complex problems. She is a leader in the technical industry

Cynthia Heyn

Director of Corporate Relations

The University of Texas at Dallas

Cynthia is part of the corporate relations team at UT Dallas' Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science where she connects companies with Computer Science Seniors through the nationally acclaimed UTDesign Capstone program.  
Cynthia has a background in product innovation and smart cities consulting as well as in executive management for companies including Ericsson. Her work experience includes 7 years living in Europe working in markets across the globe.  She speaks Swedish and German. 
She also has experience in the not-for-profit sector. In 2016, Cynthia founded SMARTnTX, a consultancy concentrated on North Texas smart city initiatives and in 2019 became managing director of Innov8te a Smart Cities Incubator ( a collaboration of UT Dallas, Cisco, Microsoft, the Dallas Innovation Alliance and the Dallas Entrepreneur Center)
She is passionate about leading-edge technology and practical uses of existing technology to offer solutions to solve both everyday and highly complex problems. She is a leader in the technical industry