oct-2017

84 85 PINNACLE FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC. PINNACLE FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC. YOUR TRUCKLOAD PROVIDER A market with 2million tractor-trailers,1.2million trucking companies,and over 3million truckdrivers is,undoubted- ly,amarket with consumer options. It is also,in the eyes of President and CEO,Michael Ravallo,of Pinnacle Freight of Florence,NewJersey,an opportunity to build a niche operation that shows no signs of plateauing any time soon. Since taking over the company in 2010,Ravallo has directed and overseen the evolution of a small truckbrokerage into amulti-fac- eted trucking company specializing in temperature-controlled and hazardousmaterials.After being recognized bybusiness journal NJBIZas one of NewJersey’s 50 Fastest Growing Companies three years in a row,Pinnacle Freight continues to prove itself as a top choice among transportation consumers.Today,the firmboasts 100 employees,60 company trucks,and a growing networkof owner operators and sales agents across the country. Ravallo’s first step inmolding Pinnacle Freight into a national, asset-based,transportation companycamewithin two years of tak- ing control of the firm.In 2012,he addedmotor carrier authority to Pinnacle’s operation to specialize in LTLand full truckload service.As Pinnacle began to invest in its resources,building a fleet and hiring