Dale Prax is Co-Founder of The Dalilah Standard and serves as its Interim Chair. He brings more than 33 years of trucking and transportation experience, including work as a commercial driver, owner-operator, motor carrier owner, freight broker and freight forwarder.
As founder of FreightValidate, Dale focuses on identity and registration verification, compliance intelligence and freight fraud prevention. His work emphasizes documented evidence, accountability and practical tools that help industry participants understand who they are doing business with. He previously served as President and CEO of Direct Expedite.
Dale served for 20 years in the United States Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve as a Warrant Officer. His leadership experience included service as an Executive Officer and Senior Administrative Inspector with the Marine Forces Reserve Commanding General’s Inspection Team.
Through industry education, speaking engagements and collaboration with regulators, law enforcement and transportation stakeholders, Dale advocates for stronger highway safety, registration integrity and fraud prevention. He and Marcus Coleman co-founded The Dalilah Standard to bring stakeholders together around a private, voluntary commitment to safety, integrity and independent accountability.
Dale’s interim leadership role does not carry a stakeholder voting seat. His focus is helping organize the Council’s work and building collaboration while preserving independent Council decisions.