Alba M. Alemán is the president and co-founder of Citizant, Inc. She is responsible for overall business development, management and operations, and her goal is to grow the company’s business within civilian federal agencies and the Department of Defense in support of its overall plan for strategic growth.

Alemán has been recognized as a leading woman in business and government services by Hispanic Business, Washington Technology and Women in Technology.

Alemán founded Citizant in 1999 with Raymond Roberts, a business partner and former Texas Instruments colleague. They started the company as a subcontractor on a project for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Within five years, the company had 50 employees, was serving more than 10 government customers and had revenues of more than $10 million. For this growth, it was recognized nationally and locally as being one of the fastest-growing businesses in the Greater Washington area. Since 2003, the company has annually been listed as one of the fastest growing and largest Hispanic-owned businesses in the country by Hispanic Business.  In September 2004, Alemán was featured on the cover of Washington Technology, which had ranked the company No. 1 on its Fast 50 list for achieving five consecutive years of nearly 200 percent annual growth.

Alemán has nearly 20 years of experience delivering high-quality information solutions to the government, including work in structured systems development, advanced information technology training, enterprise architecture solutions, and model-based development methods and tools. This experience helped her establish strong relationships in government and industry that have been fundamental to supporting her work in business and strategic partner development.

Prior to starting her own company with Roberts, Alemán held senior positions in professional services consulting, resource and education management, and software development. During a five-year career with Texas Instruments, she served as resource manager for its government services division. In this role, Alemán managed a 70-person professional services team to support federal, state and local government organizations. She also was education manager and a principal consultant with the company. Alemán supported internal teams and government customers, prepared coursework and led workshops for multiple agencies including the Internal Revenue Service, and ran fast-track programs for agency personnel. She began her career at Mobil Oil Corporation in software development.