American Gem Society, Gemologist GIA, Member NAJA, Master Jeweler.
In Jewelry since 1977, beginning with a sales job at Weisfields Jewelers, continuing on to study and become a Gemologist with the GIA in 1981 and then training in AGS stores in Ft. Meyers, FLA, with extensive training in the art of Appraisals, Sacramento CA, and Carmel CA. He became a Certified Gemologist, and Registered Jeweler in 1984. He returned to Chico, CA to manage a fine jewelry store from 1984-1988, then decided to venture out on his own to open Olde Gold Estate Jewelry in 1988. In 1995 after basic studying at Revere Institute of Jewelry Arts, and with the help of a fully apprenticed English bench jeweler, he started working at the bench.