THE CREATIVE MAKER

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Turning ideas into amazing products.

I’m Tyler Yates — an Engineering Planner and Scrum Master with a software engineering background. I work across users, teams, and technology to clarify problems, make tradeoffs, and move ideas toward better outcomes.

Orlando, FL · Product · Technology · Agile

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What I Bring to Product

A blend of user empathy, technical depth, and a bias for action.

User-Centered Thinking

I start by understanding the people, context, and friction behind a problem before jumping to a solution.

Technical Fluency

My software background helps me work closely with technical teams, understand tradeoffs, and connect product decisions to implementation.

Operational Discipline

I bring structure to ambiguity — aligning teams, clarifying priorities, and keeping work moving toward meaningful outcomes.

Principles

How I Think About Product

Frameworks are useful. The thinking behind the decision matters more.

Start with the problem.

Understand who is experiencing the problem, why it matters, and what evidence supports it.

Make tradeoffs visible.

Product is rarely about doing everything. I want teams to understand what we are prioritizing, what we are not, and why.

Ship, learn, improve.

A launch is not the finish line. Measure what happens, learn from real behavior, and keep improving.

Background

About Me

I started on the technical side of products, but I kept finding myself more interested in the questions that came before the build.

  • Who are we solving this for?
  • What is actually causing the problem?
  • Which solution creates the most value?
  • How will we know whether it worked?

Those questions are what pulled me toward Product Management.

Tools I work with: Jira · Confluence · Figma · Analytics · AI-assisted workflows

Personality

A Little More About Me

The things that keep me curious, motivated, and moving forward.

Family First

My wife and children keep me grounded and remind me what really matters.

Curiosity & Learning

I’m always learning — about people, technology, and the world around me.

Creative Builder

I love turning ideas into real things, whether it’s a product, a process, or a personal project.

See if we might be best friends here!

Side Projects

Other Things I’ve Built

Sometimes the best way to learn something is to build the tool you wish you had.

Scrum Prep

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Scrum Certification Practice Tools

A free study site I built to make Scrum certification prep more focused and useful, starting with a full PSPO I practice experience and expanding to PSM I.

  • Product
  • Education
  • Web
Explorer Scrum Prep

Say Hello

Let’s Connect

I’m open to Product Manager opportunities and always up for a good conversation about products, technology, and interesting problems.