Work Experience
Summary
After producing film, TV, and special events for 20+ years, Darrell’s passion for Classic cars and Antiques has finally come to the forefront. While working in the industry, I would obtain locations, transportation, and antique furniture, and period pieces for filming in Victorian Mansions, Missions, and glamorous Pre War structures. I was overwhelmed with curiosity and enthused to hear the stories, legacy, and history behind these places. My first car was a 1963 Volkswagen beetle, 6 volt, with a 1300 cc motor that broke down every 3 days, “I loved It” I learned with a pair of vise grips, duct tape, $2.00 in gas, and determination you can fix almost any problem on a VW. So, a builder of ‘Black Plate Classics’ I became.
January 2011 - November 2014
Chairman
LCA-ISM Video Resume Studio
LCA-ISM is a state-of-the-art video resume company providing clients with a highly professional 30-second to 2-minute video resume, (pending the qualifications and field expertise) that highlights their unique qualifications for potential employers. As a supplement to traditional paper resumes, a video can exponentially increase an applicants potential job opportunities with the stroke of a key.
Video interviewing has become an important money- and time-saver for recruiters, and for rapidly increasing numbers of job-seekers. Senior executives say it is common for candidates with promising resumes not to live up to expectations during the interview.ISM offers professional sound stages and equipment to create professional video resumes.
Video Resumes allow job seekers to market themselves with an on-line video presentation to the nation's leading employers or a specific employer of your choice.Video resumes are used to add color commentary to paper resume, provide the potential employer with a first-hand look at job seekers communication skills, personality.
February 2002 - November 2009
Producer sub - contract
DHQ Entertainment / Raliegh Studios MHB
Line Producer /Segment Producer/Casting/Associate Producer on various productions.
1999 - 2002
Founder
Disc Head Quarters
With the increase of cd's and dvd's sales and production, we started Disc Head Quarters, a cd-dvd Scratch Repair Service. The faulty cd-dvd's were a haven for opportunities such as D.H.Q. We built a facility to house, repair, and deliver used product back to playing condition.
January 1990 - December 1999
Founder
DHQ Production - The Bridge MFC Inc.
Produce, and promote Music, Film, and College Conference Tours through out the U.S. In addition to booking 'A-B' List Talent for Budweiser SuperFest, Benson Hedges Smooth Tours, AL Haymond, Dick Clark, Bill Wyatt, and ABC Entertainment.Casting Director for Sony, Columbia, TriStar projects, also multiple Video and Fashion Shows.
1988 - 1989
Test Technician
Beverly Hills MRI
Test Tech for 'G.E.' - General Electric and Siemens Magnetic Resonance Imagaing Machines (MRI)
November 2014 - Present
Founder/CEO
Black Plate Classics
“Black Plate Classics” mission is to build affordable nostalgic automobiles for the public in the form of 1954 – 1966 Volkswagen Microbuses “Reliving Nostalgia” through the eyes of a Split Window Volkswagen Microbus.
- Overview
Over the past 50 years, the Microbus, (Kombi or Samba) has evoked its presence on a ‘Global Society’ in various ways. Since its resurfacing over the past years, VW enthusiast has been creating ways to restore that wonderful day when they first purchased it, Again !. Now, through technology, research, development, fabrication, customization and a major passion to ‘Re-Live’ that era, We at Black Plate Classics (black license plates from the 50’s-60’s) will build and re-produce affordable VW Microbuses for ALL. “The Peoples Car”.
Manhattan Beach, California, US