Stephen Dierks
Downingtown
Summary
Conscientious and highly dependable broadcast team member offering top-notch technical knowledge. Highly organized and agile in handling day-to-day operations, emergencies and special transmissions to smoothly maintain optimal signal quality. Offering 37 years of hands-on experience combined with significant management and people skills.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Systems Engineer
QVC
West Chester
06.2013 - 03.2025
- Streamlined workflow processes for smoother broadcasts by troubleshooting technical issues promptly.
- Enhanced broadcast quality by maintaining and upgrading equipment, ensuring optimal performance.
- Continuously researched emerging technologies in the broadcast industry to propose relevant innovations for potential adoption by the station.
- Worked closely with IT specialists to address any network issues that could potentially impact the station's broadcasting capabilities.
- Reduced downtime during critical events by swiftly diagnosing root causes and applying appropriate fixes to restore functionality quickly.
- Managed preventive maintenance schedules to ensure the longevity and reliability of broadcast equipment.
- Trained junior engineers on broadcast procedures, enhancing overall team performance and knowledge base.
- System design, installation, configuration, and maintenance.
- Experience with analog and digital signal flow, broadcast cameras, robotics, monitors, networking, 2110, encoding, decoding, jibs, audio and signal flow.
Video Engineer/EIC
QVC
West Chester
06.2002 - 06.2013
- Supported remote broadcasts successfully by setting up satellite uplinks, microwave trucks, fiber, bonded cellular, or other mobile transmission equipment
- Supervised freelance crew in cabling, camera builds, and monitor setup.
- Responsible for all telephone and internet services.
- Maintained all equipment on the truck.
- Switched from an all analog truck to a completely digital one.
Broadcast Engineer
WANE-TV
Fort Wayne
12.1986 - 06.2002
- Audio, video, and master control operator for news, commercial production, and programming.
- Video engineer for remote productions.
- Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair to component level all station equipment.
- Computer and network experience.
- Schematic and system drawings.
- Ordering and inventory for spare parts.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Automated Manufacturing Technology
ITT Technical Institute - Fort Wayne, IN
Fort Wayne05.1986
Associate of Applied Science - Electronics Engineering Technology
ITT Technical Institute - Fort Wayne, IN
Fort Wayne, IN05.1985
High School Diploma -
Paul Harding High School
Fort Wayne, IN05.1982
Skills
- Broadcast Operations
- Project Coordination and Requirements
- Disaster Recovery Operations
- Emergency Repair
- Training Junior Team Members
- Company Standards
- Knowledge Base
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Practice Management
Timeline
Senior Systems Engineer
QVC
06.2013 - 03.2025
Video Engineer/EIC
QVC
06.2002 - 06.2013
Broadcast Engineer
WANE-TV
12.1986 - 06.2002
Bachelor of Science - Automated Manufacturing Technology
ITT Technical Institute - Fort Wayne, IN
Associate of Applied Science - Electronics Engineering Technology
ITT Technical Institute - Fort Wayne, IN
High School Diploma -
Paul Harding High School
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