Chief Technology Officer
Fredy Diaz is the Chief Technology Officer for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Inspector General (OIG). Mr. Diaz is responsible for the OIG’s technology, data, and artificial intelligence programs, which supports OIG’s auditors and investigators to prevent and detect fraud in SBA’s programs and operations.
Mr. Diaz has more than two decades of federal experience leading technology, data, and AI transformation. Prior to joining SBA OIG in October 2026, Mr. Diaz was the Deputy Chief Data and AI Officer at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). At USDA, he led the development and execution of the department’s first enterprise AI strategy and data strategy update, expanded the recruitment and upskilling of critical data & AI talent, deployed new data & AI capabilities and platforms, and built strategic partnerships with industry and academia. Before USDA, he was Director of Data Science at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) OIG, where he led 45 data scientists, engineers, and analysts whose data-driven detection work supported criminal investigations and program audits of the USPS. Earlier in his career, he worked at the Department of Labor and Department of Defense. He also served eight years in the U.S. Marine Corps, deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Mr. Diaz holds a Master of Science in Government Analytics from Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Baltimore. He also received the 2025 Data Foundation Chief Data Officer of the Year Award.