Kaschit Pandya
Chief Information Officer, the Internal Revenue Service, United States
Kaschit Pandya is Chief Information Officer at the Internal Revenue Service, where he leads the technology organization supporting the U.S. tax system. In a typical year, the IRS processes roughly 140 million individual tax returns during the annual filing season and collects more than $5 trillion in federal revenue. Under his leadership, IRS IT is advancing the agency’s transformation into a more modern digital agency that improves taxpayer service, strengthens collections, and supports secure, efficient operations.
Kaschit brings more than a decade of IRS technology leadership experience across infrastructure, operations, filing season delivery, and enterprise modernization. Before joining the IRS in 2013, he spent 15 years in the private sector focused on IT operations, systems architecture, and technology consulting. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from Stony Brook University and an MBA from Rutgers University.