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Retired

After 14 wonderful, very rewarding, and highly fulfilling years at Rent-A-Center, I have retired. Rent-A-Center was a fantastic place to end my 48 years of working and long IT career; the people there are committed, dedicated, and, most of all, truly family. The work environment is second to none and all employees have the ability to make a difference; regardless of your position or responsibilities, you opportunities are endless. The operations team is solely focused on providing the best experience for their customers and co-workers, and are willing to take risks and make sacrifices to ensure the welfare of all. Special thanks go to David Oles who took a chance and hired me in 2005, John Whitehead who led in building the Business Intelligence team, and Maureen Short and Tiffany Watson for their years of mentorship and daily guidance the I constantly leaned upon. I will miss the family, friends, and rewarding work at RAC as I enter into the next phase of my life.

Swapna Mohan

Senior Manager, Software Engineering | MarTech | Database Development Manager | Tactical Technical Leader

3y

Congratulations!

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Congratulations Mike on your retirement!

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John Whitehead

VP Business Intelligence at Rent-A-Center

3y

Mike Congratulations on retirement. Well deserved. It was my pleasure working with you. I learned a lot from you and we couldn’t have built business intelligence without you. Wishing you the best in retirement.

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Jeff White

President and CEO of Baber's Lease to Own a subsidiary of WGQ Home Solutions LLC

3y

It was a pleasure to with you. You always worked with such passion. Congratulations and best wishes in retirement.

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Charles Crawford

Manager of Operations at Rent-A-Center

3y

How did you work for so long for a place that exploits their customers takes advantage of the employees and reward people who will not only bend but break company policy to make the numbers look better for their bosses . It may not be that way in the whole company but the district i live in is from the top down. There is no work family balance its all about numbers so far from the original mission statement its laughable.

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Barry Kabello

Head of IT Enterprise Architecture at Verily, an Alphabet company

3y

Congrats Mike - all the best!

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Maureen Short

Independent Board Director | Audit Committee Chair | CFO | Strategist | Turnarounds | M&A | NACD Directorship Certified®

3y

We miss you already, Mike! Thanks for all your amazing contributions and most of all the friendship! Hope you’re having a blast doing all the cool things you have planned.

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Chad Bentley

Vice President, Finance

3y

Your humor and passion for data and the business was second to none! Congratulations and well deserved.... you are a true gem and I am sure will be missed!

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Inga Fleischhacker

SR BI Data Analyst (Data architecture, SQL/Alteryx Developer, Visualization, Data Science)

3y

Congratulations Mike! I hope you enjoy retirement

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Sumit Saha

Database Implementation Architect at L3Harris Technologies

3y

Congratulations Mike. It was very nice to working with you in Rent-A-Center in 2006 and 2010.

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