:: Wes Balakian, PMP
Wes Balakian, PMP, is the CEO of True Solutions Inc. (TSI), a Dallas-based global project management consulting and training organization. Mr. Balakian is a published author, accomplished speaker, strategic facilitator, and successful instructor delivering strategic planning and consulting services to organizations throughout the world. As a strategic facilitator Wes has worked with Boards of Directors and executive management to develop strategic initiatives that have delivered positive results. Wes holds an Advanced Master’s Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University’s School of Business. He recently graduated for the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s) Leadership Institute Masters Class in Budapest.
With a long history of volunteerism and a true project management evangelist, Wes has been instrumental in changing the way project management is delivered, perceived, and globally received. Wes has been a contributing leader of the PMI since 1999. He has held board positions throughout his tenure at PMI, and has conducted strategic planning, strategic alignment, and visioning workshops for several organizations.
Mr. Balakian is well versed in corporate culture and strategic planning and alignment as it relates to organizational maturity, and is well-known for his practical expertise as a successful mentor and facilitator. His experience includes development of critical business process improvement strategies and short- and long-term strategic planning for executive management teams. He has extensive knowledge in implementation and management of complex, business-to-business process solutions for client relationship management and workforce optimization and planning.
Since 1999, Wes’s successful business venture, TSI, has successfully delivered strategic value, corporate strategy, leadership training, program management, portfolio management, project management, and process development to global 1000 companies. Exemplifying Wes’s innovative style, TSI has become one of the first project management companies to give project management training away for free. The TSI brand continues to grow and be recognized throughout the world as proven leader in planning, and delivery of business solutions across industries.
