Tony Johnson
PURE Instructor
A proven leader, business owner, author, trainer and product developer with 25+ years of experience. Industry experience includes telecom, hardware and software development, commerce, marketing, IT infrastructure and support, financial and higher education.
Tony has coached and trained professionals across every industry utilizing project management, ultimately having students from at least 72 countries (so far).
Tony was a finalist for PMI Dallas' Project Manager of the Year award in 2018 and 2019, and the organization he founded (Crosswind Learning) was the PMI Dallas 2018 Company of the Year.
Tony possesses the following credentials: PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-PBA, CSP-SM, CSP-PO, CSPO, CSM, CAPM, PMI-RMP, PMI-SP, Project+, CCBA, PMI-ACP, DALSM, and CBAP.
Tony has authored 49 books since 2004 as well as numerous other learning products for various PMI and IIBA credentials. Tony has helped create over 110,000 PMPs on planet Earth.
Tony was a core team member of the PMBOK Guide (7th edition, Release date 2021). He has also contributed to the last three editions of PMI's PMBOK Guide, Program management standard, and portfolio management standard, as well as the last three editions of Eric Verzuh's "The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management," which is the second best-selling book in the industry behind only the PMBOK Guide.