Cory Lorenz Email & Phone Number

United States

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Provides real metric data to the CMO’s Command Team to project and monitor labor hours assessed against Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracts; efforts led to Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) manpower hours being projected in the year and directly contributed to manpower billets being validated.• Monitors over 800 suppliers administratively assigned to DCMA St. Petersburg and ensures quality assurance specialists (QAS) are assigned within the Contract Management Tool (CMT); efforts ensure IWMS tasking notifications are delivered on time to assigned QAS personnel.• Tracks all Product Quality Deficiency Reports (PQDR) under the DCMA St. Petersburg DoDAAC; monitors PQDRs and ensures timely investigative feedback is reported to the buying command related to activities impacting the War Fighter, which resulted in zero overdue deficiency investigations.• Partners with the entire CMO to provide front line leadership support; instrumental in assisting the Lead Quality Assurance Specialist (LQAS) group in creating and running PDREP and Corrective Action Reports (CAR) to resolve overdue team due outs; actions resulted in zero overdue PQDRs and timely processing of eight CARs.• Prepares monthly supervisor checklists in support of the Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) samplings; reviews Contract Line Item Numbers (CLIN), in contracts, against processed WAWF documents to ensure 100% compliance; over 134 Key Supporting Documents (KSD) have been reviewed without flaw. • Created a tracking mechanism, used by the Quality department supervisors and team leads, to assess the reduction of redundant contract oversight activities and reliance on governmental end-product inspections and improve efficiency; product has allowed the department to identify the implementation of Detection to Prevention (D2P) initiatives into their surveillance strategies.

Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii

• Managed an organizational surveillance portfolio consisting of over 113 organizations spread throughout the islands of Hawaii; developed surveillance strategies to ensure organizations were at 100% compliance with the Department of Defense and Army policies in the safe guarding of Arms, Ammunitions, and Explosives (AA&E).• Constructed corrective action reports (CAR) to organizational leadership to rectify observed deficiencies noted during surveillance; scheduled follow-up audits and training sessions to organizational personnel to ensure compliance was adhered to.• Utilized risk management tools to schedule on-scene audits of access control policies and rosters, additional duty memorandums, lock and key control inventories, and issuing procedures of high-value dollar items and sensitive items secured in accessed controlled areas.• Drafted comprehensive program surveillance plans, through in-depth risk analysis, to the Senior Mission Commander on the operational condition of 22 installation access control points within Army Garrison, Hawaii in response to a congressional data-call.• Led working groups to thwart illegal activities in areas found to have an increased presence of crime; networking requests for data retrieval, an ability to draft comprehensive reports, with recommendations, and oral presentations, were recognized at the organizational and garrison levels of command. • Reviewed building blueprints, contractual agreements, work orders, organizational physical security and technical plans to best assess vulnerabilities and to provide recommendations to responsible organizational leads to maintain and safe guard Army property and personnel.• Basic knowledge of electrical systems through formal military training conducted at the Electronic Security Center at Redstone Arsenal under the US Army Corps of Engineers; training allowed for me to assess electronic equipment’s operability and wiring designs to ensure systems were installed correctly.

Schofield Barracks, Hi

• Led teams of personnel ranging from 3 to 23 personnel; created surveillance packets on personnel and their assigned equipment (dogs) to ensure proper utilization and mandated training was adhered to; received top marks in all small unit audits and inspections during a 22 year military career in leadership positions.• Monitored and assessed personnel strengths and weaknesses of assigned personnel through developmental counseling; ensured unit personnel were properly trained and compliant with policies and safety procedures adhered to.• Continually improved organizational readiness and personnel proficiency in teams led through evaluation of performances; assessed necessary workload requirements and developed innovated scheduling to ensure 24/7 coverage of certified and trained teams in support of installation patrol distribution plans.

Fort Leonard Wood, Mo

• Hand-selected by the United States Army Military Police School (USAMPS) Commandant to spearhead an Department of the Army initiative to create a Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) of Military Working Dog Handlers (MOS 31K). • Assessed the Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes needed to place applicants in various grade structures to build a new Army profession to provide an explosive / narcotic detection, and patrol capability to garrison and battlefield commanders.• Recognized by the Military Police School Commandant by being presented with the USAMPS Order of the Marechaussee Medallion (Bronze), an award presented to only the top 2% of the Military Police Corps, in recognition of high visibility service.• As a Subject Matter Expert (SME), many recommendations offered were adopted and approved in rewrites of Army Policies on the training and employment of the Military Working Dog and handlers; firsthand knowledge of evolving enemy tactics, techniques, and procedures on the battlefield led to my selection as a Department of Defense Military Working Dog certification authority, a position bestowed upon less than 1% of the Military Police Corps.

Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan

• Selected over 11 Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) to deploy as an advisor to senior leadership in the Afghanistan theater of operation and to manage a canine program consisting of 93 Military Working Dog (MWD) teams and 94 Contract Working Dog (CWD), across five geographical areas of operation.• Developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for requesting limited capabilities to unit level commanders to utilize as an enhanced combat multiplier in providing explosive detection support and high-visibility security presence of visiting dignitaries to the theater of Afghanistan.• Compiled utilization data to build presentations to present to the Provost Marshal on how the Military Working Dog capability was being utilized in the theater of Afghanistan; efforts ensured the proper distribution of the limited capability and assisted in the prevention of under and over utilization of teams.

Baumholder, Germany

• Monitored and assessed personnel strengths and weaknesses of assigned personnel through developmental counseling; ensured unit personnel were properly trained and compliant with policies and safety procedures adhered to.• Successfully managed the daily upkeep of high value training equipment and training facilities, valued over $7 million, with zero loss; managed a organizational budget of over $2 million through forecasted spending plans, all while conserving thousands in fiscal funds.• Continually improved organizational readiness and personnel proficiency in teams led through evaluation of performances; assessed necessary workload requirements and developed innovated scheduling to ensure 24/7 coverage of certified and trained teams in support of installation patrol distribution plans.• Resolved customer and employee complaints through effective communication, thus ensuring optimal working environments and continuity of services to the community being provided.• As a Subject Matter Expert (SME), many recommendations offered were adopted and approved in rewrites of Army Policies on the training and employment of the Military Working Dog and handlers; firsthand knowledge of evolving enemy tactics, techniques, and procedures on the battlefield led to my selection as a Department of Defense Military Working Dog certification authority, a position bestowed upon less than 1% of the Military Police Corps.

Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

• Selected as a Department of the Army lead instructor / training at the Department of Defense’s Military Working Dog school; implemented organizational training plans and developed individual team plans for an 18-week course attended by military and civilian personnel across the Department of Defense and various civilian law enforcement communities.• Credited for preparing over 110 personnel to successfully certify as Military Working Dog handlers and trained and certified 12 newly assigned working dogs for deployment to military installations around the globe; ensured 100% compliance with personnel progress checks, observed by outside certification authorities and conducted over 2,000 hours of instruction, even earning accolades from the US Air Force and the US Army unit assigned / attached.• Led organizational course revisions, as an instructor / training, and selected to participate in multiple Army Policy working groups to review and provide recommendations of change to antiquated directives.

Schweinfurt, Germany

• Supported the Army community through Law Enforcement community policing operations, security of critical assets, and crime prevention programs. • Advised management on matters relating to canine training, utilization and proficiency of assigned handlers and canines participating in drug and explosive detection exercises. • Responsible for the procurement, safe handling and storage of 1.1 level explosives and schedule 1 narcotics. Maintained accountability for equipment worth in excess of over $200K.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Business Administration And Management, General

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), General Studies