Patrick previously assumed the role of interim CIO in early February following former IT Director Araceli Guerra’s promotion to deputy city manager.
She joined the city as a project manager in the Department of IT Services in 2012 according to LinkedIn. By 2022, she had worked her way up to deputy CIO, a role she held for two years before her promotion.
Patrick is native to El Paso, according to a city press release, and has a more than two-decade background in IT.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems from the University of Texas at El Paso and a master’s degree in computer information resources from Webster University.
This story first appeared in Industry Insider — Texas, part of e.Republic, Government Technology's parent company.
