TrailBlazer Learning Academy – Governance Expertise Meets Real-World Impact

For over 25 years, Maura and Lee, founders of TrailBlazer Consulting, LLC, have helped organizations manage information across industries-from retail and healthcare to energy and finance. Their hands-on consulting with Fortune 1000 companies inspired the launch of TrailBlazer Learning Academy, Inc.

TrailBlazer distills decades of expertise into accessible, strategic guidance. Our modules are designed to help organizations navigate the evolving landscape of enterprise data governance and regulatory accountability.

Why Contract Lifecycle Management Matters

Contracts are the backbone of every business. They define obligations, protect relationships, and ensure compliance. Yet, many organizations still rely on manual processes-emails, paper files, and ad hoc approvals-that create risk and inefficiency.

100th Episode for What Counts?

On January 27, 2025, What Counts, a podcast created by TrailBlazer Consulting, LLC, debuted its 100th episode. “We are still going strong.” says Executive Vice President, Lee Karas, on TrailBlazer’s podcast making it to its 100th episode. What Counts ties an information governance theme into each episode in order for its listeners to gain helpful insights they can use at their own organizations.

Contract Logix and TrailBlazer Consulting

Contract Logix and TrailBlazer Consulting partner to help energy organizations digitally transform contract lifecycle management (CLM)

Shared Asset Hierarchy – Information Identification

The key to solving asset identification is to group all the departmental or functional asset labels into a shared asset…

Asset Information Management Challenges

Assets (as defined in an earlier blog post) follow a life-cycle – from design and construction, through maintenance and operation,…

Data Everywhere

February 13, 2020 In our hyper-connected world, data blasts us every minute of the day – emails, notifications, invitations, advertisements,…

Maximize Asset Data

Finance typically tracks expenditure of capital and depreciation of constructed or acquired assets at a higher level than is effective for operations and maintenance

What is an asset?

An asset is something of value that an entity owns, benefits from, or has use of in generating income. *http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/asset.html…