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ALBERT PRADETTO
Founder / Owner / President
[PHOTO NOT AVAILABLE]
eMail: apradetto@allfloridatowing.com
Our Founder, Owner, and President of Florida
Auto Service of the Palm Beaches* is, Albert Pradetto.
A transplant from Pennsylvania since age 8, Albert
grew up in West Palm Beach and graduated from
North Shore High School Class of 1971. He has been
a part of, and involved with, the towing and automotive
service industry locally since 1964.
Albert’s father was the original owner of Lake Park Exxon
in Lake Park, FL. Albert started our company in 1994.
Mr. Pradetto encourages and promotes professionalism
amongst his office staff, as well as his towing & transport
operator personnel, through continuing education, training
and certification in various areas related to the improvement
of customer service, task efficiency and job safety within the
industry.
“Recognition as a true professional in our business today
can only come by way of fair and uniform regulations statewide
in that are in-sync with approved and accepted tow operator
certification in all aspects of our industry.”
“As for customer service, I stress to all of my employees
that owner’s of vehicle’s impounded, for one reason or
another, by local law enforcement officials are as much our
customer’s as those who request our services voluntarily
and/or through established commercial accounts. They
demand, and deserve, our respect for their property.”
Albert is married to Kim (12 years), and has two children
(Shayna & Gage).
CERTIFICATIONS / COMPLETED TRAINING:
WreckMaster 6/7
TRAA Level-II
PWOF Levels A, B, C & E
PADI Dive Master
ASE Master Truck Technician
OSHA Forklift Safety, Operation & Transport
CERT (Citizen Emergency Response Team)
State of Florida Notary
* Florida Auto Service of the Palm Beaches is the parent company of
ALL FLORIDA TOWING, ALL FLORIDA TRANSPORT SERVICES
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JIM MAY
Fleet Operations Manager
Cell: (561) 719-3795
eMail: jimmay@allfloridatowing.com
Employed in the towing and transportation industry since 1987, Jim May brings diversified knowledge and experience to our company. Originally born and raised in the “Hoosier” state, Jim is the 4th of five children born to Marlene and James R. May, Sr of Lizton, Indiana. Jim and his family grew up on a 200-acre farm where he and his four older brothers helped their father farm an additional 800 acres of land.
When he wasn’t farming with his family, or working for other farmers in the area, Jim drove semi-tractors and trailers over-the-road transporting various goods and products throughout the midwest region of the U.S. In 1992, Jim spent 10½ months in the Russian Krai (province) of Krasnodar on the shores of the Black Sea while employed by Golden Valley Foods (a ConAgra company).
Golden Valley Foods was part of several U.S. companies invited to Russia to help “jump start” their economy during the former Soviet Union’s transition from a Communist form of government to a Democratic one. He broadened his vocational experience a little further by serving as a correctional officer for two (2) years at the Ladoga Academy in Ladoga, Indiana. The Ladoga Academy was a juvenile detention facility for boys and girls, ages 10-18.
In 1999, Jim was hired by “Wilson’s 24-Hour Towing & Recovery” to handle light and heavy-duty towing calls-for-service. Within two (2) years employment, Jim was promoted to manager of Wilson’s and served in that capacity until he was hired by our company in May of 2006 as a Specialized Transport Operator. He was promoted on August 28th, 2006 to be our Representative in Commercial Sales and Account Services. He has since been promoted to Fleet Operations Manager on September 29th, 2006.
Jim is primarily responsible for establishing "new" accounts, serving as a liaison with existing accounts, and managing personnel in both our Towing & Recovery company (ALL FLORIDA TOWING) and our Specialized Transport company (ALL FLORIDA TRANSPORT SERVICES). Jim works with both our Administrative Operations Manager, Heather Potter, and our General Manager, Mark K. Trueblood, in the assignment and coordination of Heavy Equipment calls-for-service and Interstate Transport. Their team is charged with the added responsibility of maintaining the quality of customer service offered to our accounts and customers each day.
A 1989 graduate of Northwest Hendricks/Tri-West High School in Lizton, Jim was a classmate of a well-known sports celebrity and fellow Hoosier, NASCAR Champion driver, Jeff Gordon.
Jim May has three (3) children, Zachary, Jacob & Jessica, all of whom reside with their mother in Lizton.
CERTIFICATIONS / COMPLETED TRAINING:
PWOF Levels A, B & E
OSHA Forklift Safety, Operation & Transport |
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HEATHER POTTER
Office Manager
eMail: hpotter@allfloridatowing.com
Hired as a dispatcher and call-taker in December of 2001, Heather Potter, was promoted to Office Manager in mid-December of 2004. Her previous experience in the towing industry consisted of a 2-year tenure with the now defunct “National Towing & Recovery” of West Palm Beach.
Heather has proven to be quite an asset in establishing and maintaining daily procedures concerning the administration of towing & recovery account billing, payroll, motor vehicle liens & titles, and various clerical functions in the office. In addition, Ms. Potter assists with the administration of transport assignments, and coordinates the dispatching of personnel in the towing & recovery fleet, as well as the Heavy Equipment Transport operators in the Specialized Transport Fleet.
Heather is a Florida native born in West Palm Beach, and is a graduate of Palm Beach Lakes Community High School Class of 1996. She attended and successfully completed a State of Florida licensed massage therapist course at South Technical Education Center in 1999. Her significant other is Roger (6 years), they enjoy two children (Jasmin & Cyarra).
CERTIFICATIONS / COMPLETED TRAINING:
State of Florida Notary
OSHA Hazard Communication
Intelligence Applications in Business
Favorite Quote:
“People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought, which they avoid”
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