Charles O. Rossotti (born 1941) is an American businessman, and former Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Rossotti is a graduate of Georgetown University (A.B., Economics, 1962) and Harvard Business School (MBA, 1964).
After obtaining his MBA, Rossotti was the first ever MBA hire for the Boston Consulting Group. But only after a year, Rossotti went to work for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. From 1965 to 1969, Rossotti worked for Robert Mc...
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Charles O. Rossotti (born 1941) is an American businessman, and former Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Rossotti is a graduate of Georgetown University (A.B., Economics, 1962) and Harvard Business School (MBA, 1964).
After obtaining his MBA, Rossotti was the first ever MBA hire for the Boston Consulting Group. But only after a year, Rossotti went to work for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. From 1965 to 1969, Rossotti worked for Robert McNamara, becoming Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis at age 29.
In 1970, Rossotti and several DOD colleagues co-founded American Management Systems, a technology and management consulting firm. Rossotti served as Chief Executive Officer from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.
In 1997, Rossotti was named Commissioner of Internal Revenue by then President Bill Clinton where he served for 5 years.
He was considered a reformer, upgrading the agency's technology, as well as turning the IRS into a more customer service oriented...
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