Dr. Reza Rashidi

As Executive Director of the Data Management Division (DMD) in Research, Applied Analytics, and Statistics (RAAS) at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Reza’s primary focus has been providing the IRS research community with advanced analytics capabilities and access to diverse and rich data resources.

Reza started his career in academia supporting research and instruction. He has also had more than a decade in leading major information technology projects in the financial sector. Reza joined IRS as Technical Advisor in Applications Development. He has also served as the Initiative Director in the Office of Compliance Analytics (now part of RAAS), Assistant to Director of Solutions Engineering, IRS Executive Lead for Robotics and Intelligent Process Automation, Senior Technology Advisor to the Deputy Commissioner for Service and Enforcement, Acting Director for the Internal Management Domain in Applications Development, and Deputy Director for Submissions Processing.

Reza graduated IRS’s Executive Development Program in 2017. Reza earned his PhD in Computer Science and Mathematics, MS in Computer Science, MS in Applied Mathematics from Western Michigan University, and an MBA from Georgetown University.