Melissa Christensen

from The Front Porch Hosted by Point of Rental Software

Melissa Christensen, a Support Solutions Engineer at Point of Rental, shares her journey from literal dancing to the metaphorical dance of the rental industry. She recounts a 25-year rental-industry career, including joining LiftWorks as the second employee, working long hours to help grow it into a 75-person business, and using early manual and fax-based processes before software modernization. Melissa explains her move to Point of Rental, her role helping premier customers, her belief in relationships, extensive volunteering including a COVID “sprinkle” pay-it-forward group, and shares favorite Chicago spots and personal reflections.

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Melissa Christensen

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1:46 Broadway Dance Dreams
3:48 Rental Career Origins
5:03 Building LiftWorks
13:51 Joining Point of Rental
18:09 Meliss-Yeah or Meliss-Nah
22:43 Volunteering and Kindness
27:40 Know Your Teammate
33:56 Gimme 5: Chicago Spots
38:17 Five Important Questions

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