Alma Cruz

Alma Cruz is the Chief Data Officer at the Selective Service System when she oversees the System’s Data Governance Body.

Cruz had a long history in federal data leadership in both public and private-sector organizations. She previously worked as a senior business analyst in Data Governance and Strategy for the Federal Reserve Board’s Office of the Chief Data Officer. She also served as a data architect in the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General and the Department of Homeland Security. In the private sector, she was a data architect for TMR, Amyx, Keane Federal Systems, and KGS. She served in various system engineering and management roles with government contractors.  She was an executive assistant, G-6, for the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan, and served three years in the U.S. Navy.