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Information / Resources / How-to
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The goal of the Professional Development Business Unit is to provide training and
certification programs to State procurement professionals in order to enhance their
skills and knowledge on the use and understanding of procurement tools, techniques,
regulations, and processes designed to support the purchasing activities of the
State of Georgia.
Click here to tour the Training Site.
Select your area of interest for more information...
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| | | Register for Classes / Manage Your Training | | | Click here to log in to the system, review training schedules, register for/cancel from training courses, complete courses/tests online, and obtain reports on your training progress. | | | | | Contact Us | | | The DOAS Professional Development Team is available to assist you with class scheduling, course descriptions, certification, self-study materials, and more.
E-mail: training@doas.ga.gov
Georgia Department of Administrative Services
State Purchasing Division
200 Piedmont Ave SE, Suite 1804, West Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30334-9010
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Meet the Professional Development Team |
Donna File
Professional Development
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In addition to testing the health of Georgia’s statewide purchasing activities, in August 2011, Donna became responsible for delivering and managing the state’s procurement training and certification programs, as well as managing the communications and vendor relations of State Purchasing. Her auditors continuously monitor the purchase orders, solicitations, contracts, and purchasing and fuel card transactions of Georgia’s 86 agencies and 35 academic institutions, while her procurement trainers traverse the state, helping to increase purchasing knowledge and consistency. Training and auditing combined, both teams help to manage risks to and improve the purchasing performance of individual entities and the state overall.
A 20-year state veteran, Donna brings 14 years of governmental and private sector managerial procurement experience to the job. Prior to joining the Department of Administrative Serivces (DOAS), she was a compliance supervisor for the Department of Corrections (DOC), responsible for auditing agency procurement activities, developing and implementing procurement training, and implementing the state purchasing card into departmental purchasing practices. Additionally, as chair of DOC’s Business Process Advisory Council for four years, Donna brought state business managers, central office purchasing, accounting, and information technology staffs together to improve agency business processes. |
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Maria Gibbons
Procurement Training Specialist
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Maria Gibbons is a procurement training specialist and has worked
in training and development for over 13 years. Her experience includes delivering
training on Microsoft Office software with a concentration in database software.
She has developed curriculum as well as classroom-based and web-based training for
a variety of software and topics. Maria attended State University of New York at
Albany, majoring in English and African American Studies. |
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Gayle Porster
Procurement Training Specialist
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Gayle Porster has worked for the State for 29 years. The veteran
started with Pardons and Paroles as a parole investigator, then quickly moved to
the Department of Corrections, where she worked for 17 years, first in probation
counseling, then as a correctional counselor, and lastly as a trainer. The veteran
came to DOAS in 1997 as a human resources trainer and then moved to the State Purchasing
Department (SPD) in June 2002 as purchasing trainer. She has an Ed.S. in Counseling
and Psychological services and a CPPB certification.
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Dorna Werdelin
Procurement Training Specialist
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Dorna Werdelin is a procurement trainer in the Professional
Development business unit of State Purchasing. Prior to joining DOAS, she worked
for State Personnel Administration as an assistant director of the Georgia Leadership
Institute and Enterprise Learning Division. She brings more than 10 years organizational
training, leadership development, and public relations experience to the job, including
successful implementations of ERP training initiatives. Dorna earned a B.A. in Psychology/minor
in Management from Spelman College and a MBA in Human Resources Management. |
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Melanie Spencer
Procurement Training Coordinator
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Melanie Spencer began her career in Georgia public service as a
student assistant at the Board of Regents assisting various departments with clerical
work, deliveries, and receptionist duties. In 2006, she joined DOAS as a front desk
receptionist for the Commissioner's office. A year later, she joined the State Purchasing
Division as a Knowledge Center secretary and is now a DOAS procurement training
coordinator. Melanie holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia State University. |
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Mary Zirock
Procurement Training Specialist
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Mary Zirock has more than 15 years of experience in procurement,
7 of which she has earned at the State. A subject matter expert in print media,
she began with SPD as a buyer in 2001. Starting in 2004, she worked for the Department
of Transportation as a compliance officer for three years. SPD was happy to see
her return this year as a procurement specialist. Mary has a bachelor's degree in
Business Administration from Baldwin Wallace College. |
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