Product Development Project Manager

Bryan Winkelman

Phone 585-***-**** Email *****.***********@*****.*** Address Webster, NY 14580

Accomplished hands-on Senior Technical Project Manager with proven expertise in launching innovative and established products; notably the “Stacks” project at Mersen which generates significant revenue. Adept in Lean process improvement, agile methodology and project management, blending technical leadership with strategic problem-solving to deliver exceptional results. Excells in cross-functional team leadership, ensuring seamless transition from design to manufacturing.

CORE COMPETENCIES

New product design and implementation. • Business planning and manufacturing start up.

Residential/commercial Gas experience • Electric/Power construction

Electrical fabrication residential/commercial • ISO 9001

Product roadmap development. • Entrepreneurial spirit

Design for manufacturing expert. • Statement of work

Problem solving. • Jira & Smartsheet

Customer focus and connection • Conflict resolution

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mersen

Senior Technical Project Manager

8/2023 – 3/2024

I used my experience to build a pilot plant that would pass ISO standards. This was in lieu of an audit. All aspects of an ISO Aduit were in place and updated as needed.

Converted a garage bay in collaboration with internal and external resources which resulted in a state-of-the-art pilot plant.

Conducted training classes to enable cross functional expertise during low resource situations.

Launched the first of its kind product for Mersen called “Stacks” (>$20 million in revenue).

End-to-end ownership of a “Smart Transformer/Stacks” for multiple industries (Residential, Commercial, Transportation and DoD).

Created the project repository via MS Teams to enable documentation access in all time zones, which increased efficiency.

Implemented ISO standards on a pilot build basis and will scale up to full production.

LSI Solutions

Senior Product Manager

3/2023 – 6/2023

Managed a cross-functional team in the optimization of multiple legacy product drawings, which yielded a 45% reduction in waste and an increase of 30% in productivity.

Streamlined the testing procedure for a critical medical device which resulted in a 20% reduction in ship-ready lead time.

Launched ~$6 million in medical products.

Held daily project team stand-ups to communicate project deliverables, identify blockers and accomplishments, which reduced project stagnation and fostered increased moral.

Mentored Junior Product Managers and provided weekly progress feedback.

Reported weekly progress to management via direct communication and by email; creating increased team focus and concentration on project deliverables.

Carestream Health

Senior Project Manager

11/2021 – 1/2023

Collaborated and directed company Scientists from information provided by upper management, which allowed for project advancement and reduction in downtime.

Streamlined management of product to manufacturing procedures, enabling a 60% reduction in time for various products spent in the release process.

Worked with the Service Team to write and review service manuals and develop service strategies, resulted in reduction of errors by 15% in both documentation and training.

Produced products under the guidelines of ISO specifications

Ultralife Batteries

Project Manager

06/2021-07/2021

Directed a cross-functional team on the end-to-end development of new Department of Defense products.

Collaborated with the DoD and upper management to establish SOWs, project schedules, budgets, quality plans, and phase gate design review criteria to reduce project ambiguity and scope creep.

Constructed a dedicated war room to harbor all pertinent project information allowing for an efficient way to “pick up where we left off” and provide project team members an area for focused project advancement.

Xerox Corporation

Senior Project Manager

Oct 2015 – June 2021

Managed a partnership with a software supplier from the Netherlands to produce a successful color management SaaS product.

Headed a team of ~15 Engineers to deliver an automated solution for color management on Xerox's production printers, which increased customer satisfaction by 8% in the high-volume color markets.

Enabled $250,000 of revenue each year without a budget.

Involved with on-site customer problem resolution, ensured “customer satisfaction is #1”, and averted product removal from two major customers.

Xerox Corporation

Product Manager

Jan 2015 – Oct 2015

Assembled VoC, from both internal and external customers and compiled a list of project objectives, which resulted in a substantial reduction in scope creep.

Responsible for creation and delivery of requirements that eight Software Engineers utilized to generate code for Xerox’s first paperless and cross-platform PDF editor.

Participated in daily Scrum meetings to review progress and drive product launch.

Elo Touch Solutions

Product Manager

Nov 2009 – Dec 2014

Functioned as a key liaison in developing client relationships that resulted in a mutually beneficial project progression.

Collected customer requirements for custom products and presented SOW to stakeholders that allowed approval to the next steps.

Streamlined the development process with industry experts to brainstorm viable solutions, reducing time down from one year to eight months.

Generated $4 million from the group of products managed.

Delivered one-of-a-kind custom touch solution products to industry leaders (TouchTunes, Philips, Amazon, Kohls).

EDUCATION

MS MPD, Managerial Product Development - Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

MS MDPS, Product Development – Minor Technical MBA - Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

BS, Electrical Engineering Technology – Minor in Analog Comm - Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

AAS, Electrical Engineering Technology - Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York

AAS, Industrial Engineering Technology - Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York

CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Professional (PMP) – Expected October 2024

Design for Six Sigma Green Belt

Robust Design – 1 of 98 given the title of “Subject Matter Expert” by Shin Taguchi

ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Obtained four media handling patents.

Martial Arts student and instructor – 7th Degree Black Belt in Isshin Ryu Karate.

Restore and build classic cars – Engine rebuild, body rework, customization, and redesign.

High-end house repair and rebuilds – Custom cabinets, electrical, plumbing and HVAC.

A general passion for taking things apart, seeing how they operate and putting them back together.

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