Jared (Drew) Yates

I was born and raised in Franklinton, North Carolina.

Grew up in the same neighborhood as all my friends and we all went to the same school. I was a part of the COVID class, so we got out of school in the beginning of that year. They didn't have the graduation for a few more months after that, so I went to work.

I had worked all through high school. I got my first job at 15 at a restaurant. Work at a few pizza shops and worked under an actual chef for about a year.

Once school shut down, I took a detailing job at Caliber Collision. Worked that with additional responsibilities for a year plus.

I got the offer to work with Protech there and took it. Worked for them in NC for a while and transferred down here to FL.

The market with work basically tanked and I was looking to try something new. I met my boss at First Coast Elevator through family and took an offer with him. I broke a metatarsal (small bone) in my foot and was out of work for a while. With being out of work with First Coast, I took a job for the time being remote with a company called AirPro Diagnostics. They were a company providing services like Protech, but mainly virtually with guys planted in the field.