Lisa Wessinger, Point of Rental\u2019s new Data Analyst and Reporting Engineer, grew up wanting to work with computers, then spent her career falling in love with the rental industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was very good at math, and my sister said, \u2018You can be a math teacher, or you can go into computer science,\u201d Wessinger explained. So when she went to Louisiana State University in Shreveport<\/a>, she prepared for a career in computer science and information technology. While attending college, though, she encountered the rental industry for the first time with Shreveport\u2019s Mango Equipment<\/a> as an office manager, executive assistant, and IT expert.<\/p>\n When she finished her degree, she moved to Dallas and pursued a career in the retail industry, doing IT work. It was enjoyable, but she found herself missing rental. When Mango Equipment opened up a place in the Dallas area and asked her to re-join the team, she jumped at the opportunity.<\/p>\n From there, she began building her career in rental. She continued developing software for Mango before moving to NES Rentals, where she trained new employees and customers and traveled throughout the country to ensure everyone was using their software properly. When NES cut back travel budgets due to the recession in 2008, Wessinger began working from home thanks to webinar technology. That allowed her to spend more time with her new daughter, Katelynn.<\/p>\n At work, she focused on integrating acquisitions\u2019 databases. She consolidated 24 databases into one while providing documentation, doing testing, and troubleshooting for customers. \u00a0Away from the computer, she was integrating herself into her daughter\u2019s hobbies \u2013 swimming, art, music, and violin. She also is an active participant in Katelynn\u2019s school, organizing parties for her and her friends.<\/p>\n