As president and co-founder, Alba M. Alemán provides Citizant’s leadership team with counsel on business development, corporate growth and ongoing quality initiatives.  

Alemán has had an active and instrumental role in the company’s 12-year record of success and fast growth. Since its founding, Citizant has been recognized by clients, government industry and the Greater Washington business community for the successful IT solutions it has developed for government customers and the company’s resulting growth and business success. Citizant has received awards for outstanding achievements from Hispanic Business, Washington Business Journal and Washington Technology.

A firm believer in the industry’s responsibility to invest in the maturation of business practices to ensure the success of customers, Alemán guided the maturation of software development, program management, and business development processes. She guided the company the independent appraisal at SEI Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level 3 (ML3). Citizant achieved this prestigious rating in September 2008, joining fewer than a dozen comparable small businesses in the federal marketplace with this qualification.

Alemán’s professional background combines nearly 20 years of experience in talent acquisition and retention with the delivery of high-quality information solutions to the government. During a five-year career with Texas Instruments, she managed a 70-person professional services team to support federal, state, and local government organizations. She began her career at Mobil Oil Corporation in software development.

In 2008, Alemán was named among the 25 top female executives in the region by Washington SmartCEO magazine and was recognized as a ‘Women Who Means Business’ by the Washington Business Journal. She is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce.

Alemán earned a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems and psychology from The George Washington University.