Point of Rental Establishes South African HQ, Hires Specialist
Point of Rental’s growing South African team has a new home in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Kelly Hoffman, Point of Rental’s Business Manager for the African continent, and the Point of Rental Africa team will provide assistance to hire companies seeking innovative software at the new office location.
“We’re looking forward to connecting with hire leaders from throughout the continent, and having an easy-to-locate office will make that connection easier,” said Kelly. “People like to know where to find the people that can help them.”
Point of Rental is dedicated to empowering hire experts via innovative software and a caring support staff.
The company’s South Africa address is:
Ground & 1st floor
Gateway West
22 Magwa Crescent
Waterfall 5-Ir, Midrand
2066
Point of Rental’s South African team is adding AJ Dore as a technical sales specialist, enhancing the company’s abilities to provide service and support to Point of Rental users throughout Africa.
“As hire companies throughout Africa are realizing the value that Point of Rental can bring their businesses, we’re expanding our capabilities in order to serve them better,” CEO Wayne Harris said.
“I’m excited to be a part of a global movement with Point of Rental,” said Dore. “It’s a new challenge, but the company’s culture is great, the software is incredible, and I really see a commitment to build within Africa.”
Dore will work with hire businesses to provide in-depth product knowledge and a steady hand while helping them determine which software will work best within their business. He has managed projects and services for nearly all of his 20+ year career, making him a good partner for hire businesses managing transfers to a new software.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.