Ray Pope : IT Director

IT Director: Ray Pope Before joining the Gaming Commission in 2003 Ray Pope was Vice President, Data Center at CARFAX, in Columbia, MO. In that position he managed the functioning of 5 IT units (Infrastructure Support, Database, New Product Development, Quality Assurance and Administration) with a staff of 54.

He also served as the Director of Information Services for City of Columbia, MO. Managed multi-disciplined operations of the IS department with a staff of 21, including Applications Development, Data Center, and Help Desk.

Prior to the City he was the Director of Management Information Services for Jackson County, Kansas City, MO. Here he directed the MIS function comprised of Applications Development, Computer Operations, and Micro-Computer Support departments, managing a staff of 34. .