Tina Armstead (she/her/they) is a project manager and creative professional who blends technology, design, and art. She’s known for keeping projects on track, meeting deadlines, and delivering results that resonate with clients and communities.
Tina plans, organizes, and completes digital projects of all sizes, helping teams work together and get things done efficiently. She’s skilled at breaking down complex workflows and improving communication to make processes smoother and deadlines easier to hit. Tina uses a blend of Agile
and Waterfall methodologies to keep work moving and make space for fresh ideas, often designing custom frameworks to keep budgets in check and resources well-used.
She’s also a mentor, training new project managers and creating step-by-step tutorials – both written and video – that make learning straightforward and accessible. Her approach emphasizes clarity and practical tools that help others succeed.
Tina’s approach to project management is grounded in a strong foundation of training and hands-on learning. She honed her skills through rigorous programs like the Digital Project Management School, where she earned a certificate in mastering digital project management. This program gave her practical tools for handling the complexities of modern projects, from balancing competing priorities to improving team collaboration.
In addition, Tina expanded her expertise with training from Google’s project management series. Courses like “Project Planning: Putting It All Together” and “Foundations of Project Management” offered her strategies for laying strong project foundations and guiding them through to successful completion. These certifications deepened her understanding of planning, risk assessment, and stakeholder communication.
Her technical background stems from completing the University of Oregon’s Full Stack Coding Boot Camp. There, she gained experience with technologies like React, Node.js, and MongoDB, and more, which gave her a deep appreciation for the technical side of digital projects. This blend of management and coding experience allows Tina to bridge the gap between creative vision and technical execution.
One of her client-facing project management highlights was leading a team to create a new website and a 10-minute impact video celebrating over a decade of empowering young adults and building community. She kept everything on track by running discovery meetings, staying on top of details, and making sure the team stayed focused. For the video, she took extra care to balance the voices of the people interviewed with the heart of the mission. The final result was clear, polished, and deeply connected to the community it represents.
Tina’s background in music and programming shapes the way she works. She is a professional musician who found a love for programming during her college commutes. As she learned more, she couldn’t help but notice how much programming feels like music. In music, it all starts with a single note. That note becomes part of a phrase – maybe a melody or harmony – that plays a small role in the bigger picture. In programming, it starts with a single tag or line of code. That line might grow into a snippet, like a function, that performs a specific task. Eventually, all those snippets come together, just like musical phrases, to create a finished masterpiece – a website, an app, or any fully functional product. Both music and programming build something larger than the sum of their parts, one piece at a time. Tina is grateful to have a mind that allows her to immerse herself in computer programming from a creative perspective.
In her early development career, Tina has taken the lead on several projects, many of which she came up with the initial concept of. She dreamt up two projects in particular that she could proudly see from start to finish while leading and collaborating with large and small teams – Grocery List Helper and U-Notes.
Grocery List Helper lets users track what they have and what they need. Items are easily moved between “have” and “shopping” lists, and a recipe generator suggests meals based on available ingredients. With its simple interface, the app streamlines grocery planning and meal prep, making everyday tasks effortless.
U-Notes is a video note-taking tool that helps users save and organize their notes. It allows users to save time stamped notes directly alongside videos, so users can quickly jump to key moments 
without having to sift through an entire video to find a particular segment. Ideal for students and professionals, Tina developed this application from her own need for a better study tool, ensuring it was practical, accessible, and effective.
Having graduated from a prestigious contemporary music school, Tina is an accomplished musician with a background in film scoring, music business, and saxophone performance. Today, she writes old-time bluegrass songs performed on the banjo, which she uses as an essential teaching tool in reminding the public that the roots of bluegrass and old-time music are in Black America. Tina’s musical background revolves around the history of American music and how it’s connected to race throughout centuries.
When she’s not managing impactful projects or making music, Tina enjoys escape rooms, swimming in natural waters, and sharpening her trivia skills (she’s a dedicated Jeopardy! fan).
Tina’s work is about more than checking tasks off a list. She builds connections, brings out the best in her teams, and creates meaningful results. Whether she’s leading a digital project or writing a song, Tina’s focus is always on creating something that matters.