James M. Williams

Born April 4th 1953 James grew up aspiring to be the best short stop in baseball, fortunately for the towing and trucking industry he was no Derek Jeter and his career aspirations would change…

Currently employed as the Senior Director of Vendor Relations at FleetNet America based in Cherryville North Carolina James has been involved in the trucking, customer service, and road service industry for over 20 years.

Over the past several years it has been James mission to promote better working relationships between the trucking industry and the towing industry nationwide. As a member of the American Trucking Association and serving on their Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) as a member of their Highway Safety and Incident Management sub-group James has attended meetings across the country reaching out the olive branch to both sides, in an effort to better the image of the towing industry as a whole. It is his firm belief that building relationships based on trust and respect is the cornerstone to success in life.

James has actively been involved with towing association’s nationwide attending meetings on Incident Management and is an active member of TRAA’s Towing Incident Management Committee and has written articles for numerous trade publications expressing the importance of selecting qualified professional towers as a vendor of choice.

In 2009 James was awarded the Towing and Recovery Association of Americas National Citizenship Award for his efforts in brokering better relationships between the towing and trucking industry.

Residing with his wife Pam and his 3 children in Gastonia North Carolina James intends to continue fostering professionalism and relationships between Towers and Truckers and to educate the trucking community on the challenges professional towers face in a day to day atmosphere, so they can understand the costs associated with the services provided.