Darshak Zala Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

- Led Cinematography on Amazon multi-million dollar top performing brands such as Angry Orange, Nippies, Hate Stains, California Beach Co. and many many more- Captured visually compelling footage for commercials and advertisements by purposefully selecting camera angles, movement, lighting, and lens choices to enhance the storytelling- Operated a range of professional cameras (e.g., Sony, Canon, RED), lenses, and camera stabilization equipment ensuring mastery of technical settings that yields in dynamic footage for post-production team- Conducted pre-production planning from shot-listing with AI (Adobe Firefly), assessing scene requirements with scripts, scouting locations and performing test shots- Collaborated with director, producer, brand managers, and other stakeholders in both pre and production stages to develop thoughtful narratives

Houston, Texas, United States

• Planned and conducted all aspects of pre and post production• Produced the following type of cinematic films: - Million dollar plus real estate homes - Restaurant and food commercials - Small business marketing

Katy, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

• Design, plan, produce videos with clients in various industries across Houston

Houston, Texas, United States

• Capture real estate photography through exposure bracketing on full-frame and drone cameras

Houston, Texas, United States

• Produced corporate videos of clients at conferences and events• Worked with City of Sugar Land to create series of videos promoting the city

Houston, Texas, United States

• Produced travel films in Ice Land, Switzerland, France, and United States• Created visually appealing films with Canon 6D Mark II, Zhiyun Crane 2,16-35 mm and 24-70 mm lenses, and DJI Mavic Pro• Worked with fitness athletes to design a fitness film• Developed and coordinated project plans with models and locations

Houston, Texas, United States

• Produced urban and street photography at various events in New York,Dallas, and Houston• Created high-quality portrait photos of individuals, couples, and families• Used Canon 6D Mark II camera with tripods, flash attachments, and 16-35mm, 24-70 mm, 70-200 mm lenses• Composed drone pictures of Dallas and Houston downtowns• Utilized natural lighting at various times of the day to create aesthetic images• Edited all photography with a unique artistic style in Adobe Lightroom

Irving, Tx

As an Agile Operations Senior Technical Analyst I mentor teams in the principles of Agile transformation, coordinate and connect teams to operations and projects within the enterprise.My achievements include:- Enabled the development of JIRA feature and component teams to support enterprise epics and programs- Assisted Team Coaches to promote the adoption of agile methodologies

Irving, Texas

I undertook the first team Agile project, Returns & Discrepancy Management (RDM) for desktop and mobile applications yielding $200,000 annual labor efficiency and 50% decrease in turnaround time filing for discrepancies.My achievements included:- Converted the business requirements document into user stories in order to lay the foundation for the project - Designed wireframes to provide Developers with an in-depth understanding of business processes- Executed a tailored JIRA solution to facilitate project and issue tracking- Directed rigorous SIT testing during the development phase and assisted business partners during UAT testing- Worked with key stakeholders to develop sprint plans for the project, while taking into account tight business and project deadlines and IT resources

Warren, Nj

I successfully conceptualized and led a Google Maps project for the location of possible fraud addresses by geolocating nearby shipping services to the delivery address, which benefited Investigators substantially.My achievements included:- Implemented Fedex Tracking API for the business to accurately pinpoint losses on fraud shipments- Reverse engineered Python/Java endpoints to identify packages and functions that were mapped to the database for the future de-coupling of systems in order to enhance performance- De-coupled UI Endpoints from pointing, to data warehouse, to real-time web services- Created a dashboard displaying customer information through jQuery and Ajax calls to the web services- Parsed over 40K web requests to measure response times through aggregate functions

Irving, Texas

My achievements during the internship included:- Acquired an understanding of the existing architecture through an analysis of Verizon Rapid Delivery/End-2-End integration systems- Optimized the existing quoting system to accommodate interim status updates, which enhanced visibility to users- Created a benchmarking tool to enable the monitoring of the improvements in the quoting system in Oracle SQL Developer and JavaScript

Houston, Texas Area

My duties entailed the resolution of issues with clients’ Active Directory, Exchange, and File servers. I managed client workstation and server issues through the use of LabTech IT automation software and worked on remediation for offline and expired client Agents.

- Implemented a secure password sharing application which allows a single sign on capability and a medium to safely exchange confidential passwords- Implemented a company wide communication protocol to allow management to oversee the work being completed by the employees- Installed and configured company wide workstation upgrades- Troubleshooting computers for employees to allow smooth access to their networks- Advising management for better IT implementations- Providing support for video conferences held between employees among 3 nations- Performed presentations to enhance employee knowledge upon Information Technology