ABOUT MQ:
Our creative intuition comes from our years of experience throughout our entire team. Founded in 1990 and starting as "Granny's Attic," founder Mike Dorfner created an AV company from his love of music.
From the beginning, our team has been committed to providing exceptional and creative audio, video, and lighting production for our clients. We believe that a big factor in our success is the relationship that we establish with our clients. We understand that your event is a big deal, and we're here to help bring your visions to life.
We're proud of how far we've come, and this is only the start. Our goal is to continue to invest in the latest technology, high quality employees, and YOU. We pride ourselves in our innovation, work ethic, and commitment to our jobs. We can't wait to see what the future holds.
VISION:
To be seen as an industry-leading AV company that clients look forward to working with, and are always overjoyed with their final product.
MANTRA:
MediaQuest is recognized as a personal, yet skilled production company. Clients appreciate our genuine relationships paired with our hard work and knowledge of the industry. We value our personal relationships with coworkers and clients, and pride ourselves on the final work that we produce.
Meet Your Team
We can't imagine a day without our team, and neither should you. Meet your future project partners.
No one at MediaQuest is more passionate and enthusiastic about our work and clients than our Founder and CEO, Mike Dorfner.
Mike started the company 30 years ago, and has never looked back. You will never find a CEO more invested in his company than Mike. He can be found way more often in the warehouse loading trucks or putting away equipment than in the office. He is always the first to volunteer to work an event, and spends a lot of time traveling. Mike even spends a lot of his time driving the trucks to and from events across the country. He loves to “work with diverse clients in diverse fields,” and this has really shaped MediaQuest and how it operates every day.
Although Mike is very dedicated to his work, there is a lot more to him than meets the eye. If you have ever ridden with Mike to an event, whether it be 10 minutes or 10 hours away, you will never have to worry about being entertained. Mike is not only full of interesting knowledge, but he has an entire arsenal full of funny stories and jokes. “I love to laugh. Laughter is the best medicine.” He brings his great attitude to work everyday, and you can be assured that even in the most difficult moments, he inspires all of his employees.
Although Mike is a prominent figure in the Pittsburgh audio/visual world, he did not start out in television. Mike’s roots go back to when he was a professional musician, and how he spent his college years with the Tamburitzans at Duquesne University. Throughout this time, he learned all about the industry and started a company with a partner. Mike later become the sole owner, MediaQuest was born, and the rest is history.
Mike pursues his hobbies for golf and table tennis as passionately as his work at MediaQuest. Mike’s favorite sport is, “Golf - but only when I’m playing well!” On top of his other accomplishments, Mike is also considered one of the top 30 businessmen golfers in the Pittsburgh area according to the Pittsburgh Business Times.
Despite his success, Mike still says that the best thing that ever happened to him was getting married to his wife, Mary. Together they have two children. Matthew just graduated high school, and Nina attends Duquesne University.
With energy that few people can rival, Mike has turned MediaQuest into the successful business that it is today.
An important person everyone should know from MediaQuest is our controller, JoMarie!
Aunt Jo, as she is lovingly referred to, keeps everything (and everyone) organized at the office. As our Controller, JoMarie ensures all the financial accounts are up-to-date and accurate.
For the past 16 years, JoMarie has loved her co-workers at MediaQuest. There is never a dull moment with her around, and according toJoMarie, “Every day there is a story at MQ."
JoMarie is huge on the importance of family– becoming a mom to two daughters is the best thing that has ever happened to her. She spends a lot of her free time with her husband and daughters – especially at the soccer fields. With her whole family working as coaches for the West Allegheny High School and Middle School soccer teams, she spends a lot of her time cheering them on.
JoMarie loves to dance and has been spotted showing off her ‘flossing’ skills - as well as doing whatever other dance moves are necessary to avoid pesky spiders. When she is not dancing, she is always helping others, and is a strong supporter of the underdog. She truly goes above and beyond the call of duty every day and has gone way beyond her comfort zone to help all her co-workers – including running teleprompter for a presidential speech! Even through this high-pressure situation, she was always smiling and professional.
With her infectious laughter and awesome organizational skills, we are lucky to have JoMarie!
One of the pillars of MediaQuest includes our President, Tom Bender.
Tom has dedicated almost 20 years of his life to ensure the success of MediaQuest. Without Tom, MediaQuest would be a very different place than it is today. Tom has been responsible for not only project managing and working events, but he also makes a lot of the marketing decisions, hiring decisions, and even spends some of his time video editing.
Tom not only keeps the office organized, but keeps the office light-hearted as well. “I just love to laugh. I love memes.” Along with loving to read memes to the staff, “I also like to write memes… maybe become a professional meme writer when I retire.” Along with his love of memes, Tom also enjoys wood working and repurposing thrift store finds. He creates beautiful, new pieces of furniture and decorations that he sells - and has even created custom pieces for his wife’s office.
Tom has been known to be accident prone - whether it includes being stranded in a flood, or getting stuck in a tree and having to be rescued by the fire department, despite this, he has been lovingly married to his wife for almost 30 years. They met while working together, and even though they no longer work together, their common interests have impacted their relationship in a good way as they continue to work together on their hobbies everyday. They have two children together. Their daughter is a nurse, and their son is a mechanical engineering student at Penn State. “I am most proud of my family, and the life we built together.”
Tom is definitely one of the most knowledgeable people in the office, and is more than willing to share his knowledge and experience with everyone. You can always count on Tom to be there for not only our clients, but the staff as well. MediaQuest is more than just a place to work for Tom. His coworkers are an extension of his family. “My coworkers are my friends… they are like family. We have the same kinds of relationships with our clients.”
