Michelle Hazen, Point of Rental’s Data Services Essentials Lead, covers her background from Northeast Wisconsin, moving from a hairstyling career to working in call centers, getting into finance, and finally becoming the data specialist we know her as. Michelle outlines her responsibilities across Essentials and Elite implementations, reporting, tracking, training, and process documentation, and shares why learning is her favorite part of the job. She discusses the importance of timing and communication in data work, her apothecary and crochet hobbies, homesteading goals, and offers a top five list for preparing to implement new rental software.

Justin Prusi joins the Front Porch from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We dicsuss his background from a childhood dream of becoming a police officer to pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering to finding a career in the rental industry. He highlights how he got to Point of Rental, a unique job search, and what he does as an implementation consultant.

We also talked about his leadership philosophies, building a career in the rental industry, and went through his top 5 records. Also, he has a really unique "greatest fear."

Support Solutions Engineer Asher Cotton joins us on the porch this month from Jacksonville, Florida.

He tells us about how his entrepreneurial spirit and some serendipitous encounters have guided his career across industries and to Point of Rental, the business philosophies that have guided him through running a variety of multi-location businesses, and where he got his love for the water. He explains his current role’s focus on advanced problem-solving, process guidance, and coaching support staff and how that ties in with his values and the lessons he's learned over decades of dealing with people of all kinds.