1. organizations & awards
2005-2011 Society for Photographic Educators Member
2009-2011 Maryland Institute College of Art Graduate Scholarship
2001 President of Institute of Industrial Engineers, NMSU chapter. National Silver Award.
1999-2000 Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) Book Scholarship
1997-1999 Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
Head of Design Team. 3rd place in SHPE design competition
www.darrellappelzoller.com
dappelzo@gmail.com
@photokunstler
575.915.2511
Maryland Institute College of Art- MICA
2011 MFA Photography & Electronic Media
New Mexico State University
2007 BFA Photography/Graphic Design
2001 BS Industrial Engineering & Minor- Math
education
skills
+ Project Management.
+ Unix. Windows. Mac OS X.
+ Digital photography & editing. Studio Lighting.
+ Colour management/profiling. Large format printing.
+ Typography. Graphic design. Microsoft Office. Moodle. Blackboard.
+ CAD.Google Sketchup.Bonzai3d.
+ Adobe CS6: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver,
Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition.
+ HTML/CSS/PHP/Drupal.
+ Video Editing: Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro. ProTools. Podcasting.
Jonathan Adler-Georgetown, Washington DC, June 2015-Present.
+Interior design and Sales.
+Visual merchandising . Organization of Inventory.
West Elm, Visual Merchandising, Mclean, VA, March 2014-June 2015
+Maintain and execute visual and merchandise standards including merchandise presentation,
+Photograph seasonal visual directives for our Tyson’s Corner store.
Freelance Design/Imaging/#LIFEstyling, Washington DC, May 2011 - Present
+ Working with small companies to develop branding and designs- All social media, graphics, print,
and deliverables.
Jack Spade, Temp-Inventory Specialist & Visual, Washington DC, July 2013-Present
+ Assist with inventory before season change over.
+ Counting, organizing, and accounting for merchandise and supplies.
+ Dressing displays and making inventory easier to access.
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History-Lemelson Center
New Media Specialist -Contract.Washington DC February 2013 – August 2013
+ Assist with aspects of Project Management for Lemelson Center website
and new media development.
+ Coordinate website and new media activities among the Center staff, the website
contractor, the NMAH New Media Office, and Smithsonian Office of the Chief
Information Officer (OCIO).
+ Provide technical support and production for the Center’s website and educational new
media projects, including the podcast series, Facebook page, and Twitter feed.
University of North Carolina Information Technology Services
Control Center Administrator. Chapel Hill NC June 2012- Feb 2013
+ Monitor, diagnose, and manage problems within our central network and systems as
well as provide a central strategic/tactical coordination facility for customers throughout
the University as needed.
+ Detect network and system problems before they impact the campus, and when
necessary, limit their impact by taking immediate action.
+ Unix. Windows. Mac OS X. Wiki.
+ Networking and security fundamentals to include infrastructure troubleshooting
(common service ports, remote login, VLAN, VPN,IP).
North Carolina State University
Temp Staff- Drupal Instance Assistant. Raleigh NC. Feb 2012 - May 2012
+ Drupal website maintenance of North Carolina State University’s Office of Information
Technology’s Classroom Tech website.
+ Editing, organizing, maintaining image library. Layout design. HTML/CSS. Adobe CS5.
NMSU/Astronomy Dept/Atmospheres Node
Staff-Research Asst. Las Cruces NM. June 1998 - July 2009
+ Archived and wrote abstracts for atmospheric images and binary files from
various space missions.
+ Assisted to develop a data file reference for atmospheric-related data used
in various NASA missions.
+ Designed a website for the Laboratory Clearinghouse in HTML. Collaborate with
programmer to design layout, flow, copy of site for atmos.nmsu.edu.
+ Install and support a wireless weather station and digital video system.
+ Produce cost analysis reports for computer hardware and software upgrades within the
Atmospheres Node. Personal contact with vendors and retailers.
+ Technical support for Windows, UNIX & Mac OS X.
professional experience
Graduate Teaching Internships & Graduate Assistant
Maryland Institute College of Art- MICA, Baltimore, MD
Fall 2009-Spring 2010
Graduate Lab - Assistant
+ Helped students with video/photo cameras, sound
recording equipment, lighting kits, projectors,
+ Run print lab using Epson 9800/7900 series large format printers, edit
and help with Adobe CS5 Creative Suites (Photoshop, Illustrator,
InDesign, Premiere Pro) as well as work with Final Cut Pro video editing
software.
+ Troubleshooting MAC OS X software and hardware.
Color Management and Printing Profiles via Eye1 hardware.
Fall 2010
Video Work for Hoffberger School of Painting
+ Video taped lectures, editing, archiving, and technical assistance.
Digital Photography I
+ Basic digital camera introduction, Photoshop, editing,
color management via Eye1 hardware.
Spring 2010 & Spring 2011
The Art of Digital Printing
+ Digital Printing process & printing, worked with large format printers,
photo editing via Photoshop, color management, calibration methods:
projector, paper profiles, screen via use of Eye1 hardware.
+ Blackboard & Moodle Web Teaching Environment.
+ Experimented with print medium: paper, vinyl, fabric, plastics.
Fall 2009
EMAC -Electronic Media and Culture: Adobe CS4
+ Instruct usage of Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator,
InDesign,Premiere Pro, Final Cut),
+ Group projects, Lead Critiques.
Summer 2006
Rocket Racing League.Graphic Design Internship, Las Cruces, NM
+ Brand Development: logos, T-shirts, banners.
+ Design of website downloadables: posters, desktop backgrounds.
+ Liaison between company and Print Shops.
+ Development of 3D- Wide Format Banner.
internships
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