Mr. Gorham has served as CIO for REJIS since 1998.  He joined REJIS in June of 1983 and has been a member of the REJIS team for more than 40 years.  Mr. Gorham is responsible for the development, implementation and ongoing support of IT systems and solutions in critical government areas, such as law enforcement, courts, corrections, disaster recovery, Data Center operations, colocation, network services, security, help desk and citizen services.  He participates on several committees that oversee the operations of REJIS, which help guide the future direction of the organization.

Mr. Gorham is a founding member of the St. Louis Chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM) and served as the Chapter’s President in 2007.  He currently serves as Chair Emeritus for the SIM National Foundation, as a member of the SIM St. Louis – President’s Advisory Council and was the SIM National Chair from 2014 – 2015.  Mr. Gorham is a graduate of the SIM Midwest Regional Leadership Forum and in 2006 was selected as one of Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders. 

Mr. Gorham supports local community organizations as a member of BackStoppers, The MASTERS and as a Board Member for the St. Louis Community College Foundation.  In 2006 he helped found the Gateway to Innovation conference. He has participated on the conference committee since 2006, chaired the conference in 2010, 2011, 2016 & 2021, currently is an Executive Board Member and will co-chaired the conference in 2023.  In sixteen years, the conference has contributed more than $3 million dollars back to the St. Louis community supporting technology needs and IT scholarships.

Education:

• Executive MBA, Beta Gamma Sigma (Honor Society for National Schools of Business) – Washington University, St. Louis Missouri, 2013
• CIO Pocket MBA, Boston University School of Management, Boston Massachusetts, 2009
• Bachelor of Science, Organizational Administration – Cum Laude – St. Louis University
• Associate in Applied Science Data Processing – St. Louis Community College at Meramec
• Certificate for Computer Programming and Operations Control Data Institute

Eric Gorham

CIO

REJIS