Point of Rental Hires Josh Nickell as Director of Global Strategy
Point of Rental Software’s worldwide team has added former rental company owner Josh Nickell as its director of global strategy. The former CEO of Nickell Rental will join the company in May, continuing a 20-year career in the rental industry after selling his company to Sunbelt Rentals recently.
As director of global strategy, Nickell will focus on building greater synergy among Point of Rental’s teams based in Dallas; Reading, U.K.; and Melbourne, Australia. The enhanced synergy will increase company-wide data sharing, open new markets for the software, and solidify the company’s core values across an international spectrum.
“Joining the team at Point of Rental allows me to combine three of my lifelong passions – technology, rental and building highly engaged, scalable teams,” said Nickell. “There is so much opportunity in data analytics and innovative technologies and no company is better positioned to leverage that than Point of Rental. Being a part of the Point of Rental team just makes sense; having the opportunity to build teams that partner rental businesses with innovative technology – that’s a dream come true.”
“Point of Rental’s reputation is built upon our firsthand rental experience and knowledge of the industry,” said Wayne Harris, CEO of Point of Rental Software. “That’s what sets us apart from other rental software providers. We are always working to build on that reputation by adding people with working rental experience; and we jumped at the chance to add Josh Nickell to our team. He is a walking encyclopedia of rental knowledge. Under his leadership, Nickell Rental was one of the most forward-thinking rental companies in the industry. Adding his insight and expertise allows us to make our software that much more attuned to our customers’ needs.
“Josh is gifted in building high-functioning teams, and we are excited to leverage that on a global scale. He embodies what we strive to be as a company – an organization that cares about those we serve, working tirelessly and with integrity to take them to the next level.”
Under Nickell’s leadership, Nickell Rental was listed on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the United States for the past three years. In 2017, the company ranked No. 216 among construction-related companies in the U.S., and is positioned to be featured for the fourth time in a row in 2018.
Nickell served eight years on the ARA of Georgia board in multiple positions, currently as president. He also served as the chairperson of The Rental Show Task Force, the Legislative Caucus and other rental industry committees. Nickell was recognized as ARA Regional Person of the Year in 2014, and was given the ARA’s 2018 Meritorious Service Award for demonstrating exemplary leadership.
Nickell will move with his family to London and be based at the company’s U.K. office.
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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.