About
Large firm audit discipline. Specialized firm attention.
BLAAAS, LLC (Blaise Lagonave Audit Advisory Assurance Services) was founded to give organizations the level of audit rigor and risk insight associated with large professional services environments, delivered with the responsiveness of a focused advisory firm.
Our Story
Built around the work, not the billing model.
Organizations that engage large professional services firms often receive excellent methodology and limited attention. Organizations that engage smaller providers often receive attention without the depth. BLAAAS was founded to close that gap.
The firm applies the audit methodology, documentation standards, and risk discipline expected in regulated and publicly traded environments. That means risk focused planning, evidence that withstands review, and conclusions grounded in testing rather than impression, while keeping engagements senior led and directly accessible.
The result is audit and advisory work that leadership can rely on for decisions, and that stands up when an external auditor, regulator, board, or procurement officer examines it.
Leadership
Edward Blaise
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
“Controls only matter if they work the way the organization believes they do.”
Edward Blaise brings more than fifteen years of professional experience across internal audit, SOX compliance, internal controls, risk management, financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and process improvement.
His career began in public accounting, where audit fundamentals such as planning, evidence, sampling, and professional skepticism were established under the standards of large firm practice. From there he moved into corporate accounting and financial reporting, gaining firsthand understanding of how transactions are actually recorded, reviewed, and reported inside operating businesses.
That combination led naturally into internal audit and SOX, where he has designed and executed risk focused audit plans, performed walkthroughs and control testing across financial, operational, and regulatory processes, and assessed both the design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting. He has led root cause analysis on control failures, developed corrective action plans with management, and monitored remediation through to validation.
In senior audit and risk roles he has worked closely with executives and process owners, translating technical findings into business consequences, supporting RCSA programs, evaluating governance, and advising on risk arising from transformation, system change, and operational growth.
His professional background includes senior level and audit experience with respected organizations including BNY, Deloitte, AssuredPartners, Wyndham Destinations, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), and PwC. These organizations are referenced solely as prior or current professional experience; they are not clients of BLAAAS, LLC and do not endorse the firm.
Credentials & Expertise
Qualifications
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Certified Sarbanes Oxley Expert (CSOE)
Certified Internal Auditor
Certified Public Accountant
Master of Science in Accounting
Southern New Hampshire University
Bachelor of Arts in Economics
University of Florida
Areas of Experience
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