2024 StateScoop 50 Awards

John Laurent

Acting CIO, State of Missouri

GoldenGov: State Executive of the Year

John Laurent is the acting chief information officer for the State of Missouri. Laurent previously worked as the state IT department’s deputy CIO. He started working with the state in 2021 as chief of business system development. Before that, he was a consultant for Cierra-Cedar and a vice president of Enterprise Holdings’ global business support systems division.