Eric Gorham
Director of IT
REJIS Commission

Eric Gorham has more than 28 years of experience with the REJIS Commission, providing information technology services to the public sector in the Bi-State St. Louis and Kansas City area. Under his leadership, REJIS supports the development and implementation of IT systems and solutions in critical government areas such as criminal justice, law enforcement, disaster recovery, and citizen services. He is responsible for Applications Development, Data Center Operations, Systems Programming, and Data Base Administration.

Eric is a former president for the St. Louis Society for Information Management (SIM) chapter. He currently serves as Vice Chair for SIM National and as a member of the SIM St. Louis - President’s Advisory Council. In 2006 Eric was selected by Computerworld as a Premier 100 IT Leader and in 2010 he was selected as the SIM St. Louis Member of the Year and the SIM National Leader of the Year for Large Chapters.

Eric participates and supports several community groups including the St. Louis BounceBack and Creative Comebacks programs. He is co-founder of the Regional Government CIO Working Group (RGCWG) and speaks at numerous forums on technology and leadership. Eric was the General Chair for the 2010 and 2011 Gateway to Innovation conference. He holds a B.S. in Organizational Administration from St. Louis University.