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The Front Porch

Point of Rental Software

The Front Porch is where you"ll learn about rental leaders in and outside of Point of Rental, how they got to where they are today and a little bit about the person outside of the industry. If you"d like to be a guest on the porch, email marketing@pointofrental.com. If you"re in the rental industry, we"d love to talk to you - and because this isn"t a business endeavor, it"s free. We just want to share your story.

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All Episodes

72:25

Brian Beaudry

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

Brian Beaudry is Point of Rental's NI Content Generator. You can learn what that means, about filling in as an emergency guest, and learn about his ArenaBowl championship ring.

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43:50

Amy Mulligan, AJM Hire

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

We welcome our first Australian non-Pointer guest to The Front PORch! Amy Mulligan joins us from Western Australia - she and her husband founded AJM Hire in 2019 after having wanted to open a hire business for years...only to have to close it as COVID and lockdowns hit Australia. But they're back in now and growing quickly. We talked to her about her background and running multiple businesses with her husband.

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47:04

Ross Stratman

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

We talked to Essentials Team Lead Ross Stratman about being a developer for many, many years, some of what he's done professionally, and how he went from wanting to be a cowboy into becoming a software developer. His website, which he mentioned in the episode: https://stratmansoftware.com/Here's the wikipedia entry for the Collatz conjecture, if you'd like to prove/disprove it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collatz_conjecture

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45:26

Ben Sinclair

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

Ben Sinclair heads up Point of Rental's Canadian operations, having moved all the way from Australia to do so. We talked to him about the transition between countries, his hobbies, and what he's looking forward to doing in his new hometown!

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52:32

Peter Maginnis, Makinex

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

Peter Maginnis's journey has taken him through California's wine industry, through Australia, running a rental store, and self-storage. Now he's helping make inefficiencies extinct with Makinex. We talked about rental from the supplier side of things, learned about his fear of birds, and how kids affect his competitive side.

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68:31

Robert Flach

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

As our Director of Software Development for Essentials (and eSign), Robert Flach is a busy man. But that doesn't mean he can't make time for drama - or comedy - by participating in community theatre projects after work. We learned about Essentials and many of Robert's surprising talents in this episode of The Front Porch.

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43:03

Andrew Heesacker, Arvada Rent-Alls

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

If you learn just one thing about Andrew Heesacker and Arvada Rent-Alls by listening to this video, let it be how to pronounce his name. It seems like there's a pretty good chance you'll run across him if you're in the rental industry. We talked about his journey to becoming President/CEO of his own company, and how he got the buy-in from staff that had been there since he was a kid. He had books to recommend as you're developing your company's vision.

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49:58

Paul Alleyne

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

Paul Alleyne started in the radio business as a teen and has made his way to become a Tier I Software Support Technician at Point of Rental. He taught us all about being on the other end of the line for the emergency call buttons on a car and what it's like to work the night shift at a gas station. We even learned about the time he failed out of "jail school" - probably for being too nice.

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53:48

Frances Ellison, CE Rental

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

Frances Ellison is CE Rental's IT Business Development Director, but once upon a time she was one of Point of Rental's leading software experts. We talked about her career, from her time in the equipment rental to POR to her job at CE and how she's handled those transitions. We also learned how she handles remote working and her plans for the future, which apparently includes a lot of cool parties that some of us have been missing out on for a while.

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56:05

Collin Pike

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

This month on The Front Porch, we talked to Collin Pike, the company's new Chief Architect of Cloud Engineering. We found out what on earth that means, about his paramotoring adventures, and learned a lot about FAA rules along the way.

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49:28

Caleb Yell

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

Caleb Yell is one of Point of Rental's boomerang employees, having started here with Rental Essentials. He left for an opportunity that was too good to pass up and wound up leading RentalHosting as it got acquired by Point of Rental again - and he couldn't be happier to be back. We also talked about the alligator he keeps behind him, his soccer-playing career, and the worst piece of advice he ever received. If you want to hear more about RentalHosting and what Caleb and his team are doing

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51:00

Tim Dodd, Atlanta Party Rentals

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

Tim Dodd came to the Porch to talk starting from the bottom in the party rental industry, career planning, business advice, dealing directly with Chinese companies, and why, after living in so many places, he loves to call Atlanta home.

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52:17

Roberto Hernandez

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

Roberto Hernandez is a Tier I Windows Support Technician and the only thing that rivals his obsession with helping customers is his obsession with finding the perfect banana pudding. We talked about his love of Japanese sports cars from the '90s, how he got to Point of Rental, and if he'd consider changing his name to Rob, Bob, Robert, or Bobbert.

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71:15

Pat Flannery, Canadian Rental Service

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

Patrick Flannery has been a busboy, a grocery clerk, painter, bar bouncer, crane yard worker, pizza store clerk, construction worker, copywriter, writer, and salesman in several industries. He also prepped taxes and worked in call support before finally going back to his roots in journalism, eventually becoming the editor of not just Canadian Rental Service, but several other trade publications across Canada.

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40:31

Lathan Andrews

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

Lathan Andrews is Point of Rental's talent manager, which we've decided is a much cooler title than "recruiter". He talks about how he got into the business, joined Point of Rental, and how the movie Midsommar really changed his life.

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51:35

Will Wright, Peerless Events & Tents

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

Peerless Events & Tents' Will Wright didn't grow up in the rental industry; he had to fall in love with it. He talks about the move from the finance industry to acquiring Peerless and learning to run a rental business, recommends some books, and tells us about his time as a literal sea captain.

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47:47

Kacie Brewer, United Rentals

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

Kacie Brewer, United Rentals' Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager (and member of Rental Management's "12 to watch under 40" list for 2021) joined us to talk about what got her into HR and rental, hiring challenges, and being a YouTube star. The video we reference in the podcast can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if63vRuD8Ac

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36:23

Ben Santiago

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

Ben Santiago is Point of Rental's graphic designer and the marketing team's Pokemon expert, we think. His dream since childhood has been to become an "artificial pastor" and he has an extensive acting background thanks, in part, to his wife being a high school drama teacher. The music interlude in this podcast is part of a track by new Pointer (and music producer) @muzofficialmusic.

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46:38

James Auerbach, American Rental Association

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

The American Rental Association's Event Segment VP stopped by the PORch...turns out journalism degrees can be useful! He's built businesses from the inside and now works with them as an industry advocate in the ARA. Stay tuned after the podcast seems to be over for a great take on French fries.

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37:57

Gustavo Castaneda

The Front Porch ·

2023/04/30

Gustavo Castaneda, our Salesforce Platform Manager, tells us about his journey from engineering to software, the time he thought he was going to have his organs harvested, and gives us his top 5 board games. He also played along with English 101, our game where our non-English Pointers learn UK English words and phrases.

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