Mary Gates

About Mary Gates

My background includes managing IT projects that drive business growth and foster transformative change across various industries. Every project comes with its own set of challenges, from shifting priorities to unforeseen roadblocks. As a Project Manager, I thrive in structured timelines, clear deliverables, and stakeholder alignment. From kickoff to launch, I ensure seamless execution, risk mitigation, and measurable success.I am a certified Agile Scrum Master with a proven track record of exceeding timelines and budgetary objectives. My expertise lies in championing agile methodologies, facilitating cross-functional collaboration, and leveraging data-driven insights to optimize product performance. As a strategic visionary, I am dedicated to driving successful product rollouts and enhancing end-user experiences through innovative solutions. My ability to complement technological innovations with business objectives has resulted in maximizing ROI and fostering competitive advantages for the organizations I have worked with. I am skilled in coaching teams on Agile principles and best practices, resulting in enhanced collaboration and increased customer satisfaction scores. Furthermore, I am adept at developing and executing effective user stories, leading to reduced defects and improved product quality.Let’s connect to explore how I can contribute to your organization’s success through effective project management and strategic collaboration.

Experience

1. Technical Project Manager Consultant

   Sports Network International

   Aug 2024 — Present · Ormond Beach, FL, US

   Responsible for planning, execution, and management of all technical aspects of a sports event concerning the integration of technology, logistics, and operations.• Create and manage projects from kickoff to completion, including defining project scope, objectives, and deliverables; tracking project progress, risks, blockers, and dependencies; and ensuring successful project delivery.• Develop detailed project plans tailored to business and event requirements and build project strategies based on Agile and PMI waterfall standards.• Manage projects with internal/external dependencies, moderate scope, risk of moderate severity and impact, and integration within functional capabilities.• Provide project reporting to executives, including weekly status reports and retrospective meetings, and document all aspects of project development through project extranets, meeting notes, and change request forms.• Develop project budgets, work plans, resource requirements, risk assessments, cost estimates, projections, schedules, and timelines throughout the project lifecycle.• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, understand, and document technical, functional, and business requirements within the project scope.• Evaluate business requirements, workflow diagrams, and designs to ensure synchronization within scope, goals, and requirements while establishing process controls for projects.• Facilitate scrum ceremonies, including backlog prioritization and refinement, sprint planning and retrospectives, user story grooming, and refinement, and daily stand-ups for status, issue, and upcoming task reporting.• Design and deliver training programs, documentation, and workshops for team members to enable the adoption of new software. • Provide technical support and cultivate trusted, long-term client relationships by proactively managing customer expectations and escalations.

Education

• University of North Florida

  B.S in Marketing , Marketing/Marketing Management, General

  2018 — 2021

• PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

  Disciplined Agile Scrum Master

• St. Johns River State College

  Associate of Arts - AA

  2017 — 2019