Experience

Trinal, Inc.

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President/CEO

  • Oct 1997 - Present

  As President and CEO of Trinal, Inc., Ms. Garcia-Abner is responsible for the day-to-day management of the company. Additionally, she is responsible for the immediate supervision of the Chief of Operations, the Assistant to the President, Senior Project Managers, and the Information Technology and New Product Development Manager. Ms. Garcia-Abner has general oversight of the continued enhancement of Trinal’s proprietary software solution, the Global Project Tracking System® (GPTS®), to ensure that it addresses the needs of compliance professionals and reflects current best practices in the industry. Her expertise is in construction and project management, development of procurement policies and procedures, and contract compliance monitoring. Her responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting in the marketing of the various consulting services to be rendered to both public and private entities, negotiating terms and conditions of contracts, and overseeing the management of specific projects from inception to completion while ensuring that quality control measures are in place and are followed.



Chicago Public Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Contracts Management

  • 1995 - 1997

  Mrs. Garcia-Abner was instrumental in the development of the general contracting standards, which were implemented by the agency. She has negotiated terms and conditions for contracts valued over $60 million. She directed and coordinated contract negotiation and administration activities for the Department of Procurement and Contracts/Bureau of Contract Administration. Mrs. Garcia-Abner supervised and directed employees engaged in the negotiation, preparation, and administration of a variety of procurement contracts, including professional services and construction contracts totaling over $85 billion, over a five-year period. She reviewed solicitation documents, bids and contract documents to ensure conformance to specifications, established purchasing policies and applicable federal, state and city ordinances. She facilitated contract negotiations and/or disputes between Board-contracted vendors and user departments. Mrs. Garcia-Abner represented the Chicago Public Schools in various meetings, conferences, seminars, and community forums regarding purchasing and conducted training sessions with staff and other departments as necessary. She managed the oversight of the preparation of various status and activity reports, assisted in the development standardization various documents currently utilized in the Department of Procurement and Contracts; and assisted in the development of policies and procedures, which resulted in expeditious methods, which ensured that the needs of the Chicago Public Schools were met.



City of Chicago Department of Procurement Services

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Certification

  • 1993 - 1995

  Ms. Garcia-Abner was responsible for the Bureau of Minority and Women Business Enterprise. She directed and coordinated the receipt and review of vendor applications for Minority and Women Owned Business and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise certifications. She was responsible for reviewing all files prior to submittal to the certification review committee. Mrs. Garcia-Abner directed the training of certification staff and certification committee members on the technical and legal requirements of the City’s MBE/WBE/DBE programs.