Rick Withers
IT Manager at Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
- Role
- IT Manager - Wcbd-tv2 at Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
- Location
- North Charleston, SC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rick Withers
Award winning IT Manager and Systems Administrator with over 20+ years of Broadcast IT and Media experience, including the previous 10 years in a technical/hands-on leadership role. I help companies like Nexstar Media, Inc. excel in IT Operations, Systems Implementation, and Project Management. Core competencies include: IT Management • IT Budgeting and Forecasting • Problem-Solving • Strategic IT Related Planning • Project Management • Interpersonal Communication • Technical Management • Asset ManagementAlso, here are a few examples of my work:• Provide technical leadership to WCBD-TV2 in becoming the number one TV station within the Charleston, South Carolina market of viewers. • Directed comprehensive IT disaster recovery and on-premises troubleshooting efforts for 17 major weather events (tropical storms, hurricanes, etc.), ensuring constant uptime for our viewers despite significant environmental challenges.• Received the Media General/Nexstar Circle of Excellence Award for Outstanding Leadership Additionally, I enjoy taking my family of six (multi-tasking is in my blood!) on trips to see the beauty of what the world has to offer or hop around on the weekends to enjoy the great beaches we are surrounded by in Charleston, SC. I value a healthy work-life balance so I can be there as a father to guide them through the ups and downs of raising children.I get excited about opportunities where I\'m able to apply my problem solving skills towards various IT related projects. I thrive in high pressure situations and enjoy learning new innovative skill sets while applying them towards methodologies which will enhance the productivity of myself and my team. I enjoy connecting to people in the tech industry and posting about the latest discoveries in A.I. and IT, so please feel free to contact me at r••••••••@gmail.com or here on LinkedIn!
Experience
IT Manager - Wcbd-tv2
Sep 2003 — Present · Charleston, SC, US
Provide technical leadership to WCBD-TV2 in becoming the number one TV station within the Charleston, South Carolina market of viewers.• Perform duties as IT Project Manager with the design, documentation, budgeting, andimplementation of 4 to 5 major projects annually.• Ensuring IT related disaster recovery, planning, and on-premises troubleshooting during 7 majorhurricanes and 10 tropical storms.• During a single quarter serve as the IT Project Lead on studio redesign, robotic camera integration, and AP ENPS Newsroom system installation on a Windows Server 2022 based platform.• Installation and configuration of Broadcast IT infrastructure with the following vendors:Ross Video | Grass Valley | Bitcentral | AP ENPS | Baron Weather | WSI | Evertz | Florical
Education
College of Charleston
B.S., Computer Science
1997 — 2002
Skills
- Microsoft Sql Server
- Windows
- Software Development
- Web Development
- Technical Support
- Databases
- Network Administration
- Active Directory
- Hardware
- Sql
- Xml
- Troubleshooting
- Html
- Windows Xp
- Javascript
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