Business Strategy & Consulting
An experienced perspective on your next business decision.
Assess a business opportunity, work through an operational challenge, or define priorities for the next stage of your company.
Prax Advisory Group · Dale Prax
Experienced Guidance for the Business of Freight.
Business strategy, transportation technology, operational decisions, and team training. Work directly with Dale Prax, drawing on more than three decades in the freight industry.
For freight business owners, leadership teams, and industry innovators.
Dale PraxFounder · Prax Advisory Group LLC
Freight Industry Advisor | Entrepreneur | Advocate | Speaker
More Than Three Decades in FreightBrokerage · Carrier Ownership · Commercial Driving
Company Leadership & TechnologyFounder, FreightValidate · Transportation Business Owner & Executive
U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant OfficerLeadership grounded in preparation and accountability
Advisory Services
A clear objective.
An experienced perspective.
Start with the decision in front of you. Together, we define the question, agree on the scope, and focus on practical next steps for your business.
Technology & Workflow
Choose tools that serve the operation.
Evaluate freight technology, identify gaps in your workflow, and plan how your team will put the right resources to work.
Operating Costs & Training
Understand the numbers behind the load.
Build practical knowledge of cost per mile, fixed and variable expenses, deadhead, and load profitability through focused team training.
Industry Issues & Advocacy
Understand the source. Decide your next step.
Work through transportation developments and industry issues, with primary-source resources and a practical perspective on how they affect your business.
Meet the Founder
Dale Prax
Prax Advisory Group LLC
Freight Industry Advisor
Entrepreneur Advocate Speaker
Industry Experience
- Broker
- Carrier Owner
- Owner-Operator
- Freight Forwarder
- Commercial Driver
Experience across the business.
Perspective from the work.
Dale’s perspective comes from owning companies, leading teams, driving trucks, and building transportation technology.
As founder of FreightValidate and an owner and executive of transportation businesses, Dale brings experience across freight brokerage, carrier ownership, owner-operator operations, forwarding, and commercial driving. His advisory work connects that operating experience with business strategy, technology adoption, and practical team training.
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Military Leadership
Service. Accountability. Preparation.
Dale served as a U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer, with assignments as a Personnel and Legal Officer, a Casualty Assistance Calls Officer (CACO), and Senior Administrative Officer on the Commanding General’s Inspection Team. That experience informs his emphasis on attention to detail, clear execution, and responsibility to the people he serves.
Consulting, Speaking & Industry Engagement
Experience shared.
Conversations that move us forward.
Dale brings his perspective to consulting, industry stages, agency discussions, and media interviews.
Ideas Built Into Practical Tools
Platforms Created
by Dale Prax.
Dale created USBCA, FreightFiles, TruckCost, DockReview, and FreightShows to address practical needs across the freight industry, from advocacy and information to operating costs, facility intelligence, and industry events.
Industry Intelligence↗
FreightFiles.com
Transportation developments, government actions, legislation, and enforcement. Beyond the headlines and straight to the source.
Explore FreightFiles.comIndustry Advocacy↗
USBCA.com
United States Broker-Carrier Advocates. Resources to follow legislative issues and connect industry voices with lawmakers.
Explore USBCA.comOperating Costs↗
TruckCost.com
TruckCost.com
Know Before You Roll. A free tool to evaluate load revenue against operating expenses, including deadhead miles.
Explore TruckCost.comFacility Intelligence↗
DockReview.com
Know the facility before you arrive. Free facility information and driver reviews to help prepare for pickup and delivery.
Explore DockReview.comFreight Media & Events↗
FreightShows.com
Find shows, podcasts, webinars, and industry events. Explore replays and add upcoming listings to your calendar.
Explore FreightShows.comEach platform opens at its own website. Consulting engagements are scoped separately.
Start a Conversation
What decision
is in front of you?
Tell Dale what you are working on, where you need an outside perspective, and what you want to accomplish.
Whether it is a focused question, team training, or ongoing advisory support, the first step is defining the need.