Background and experience
I began learning diamonds as a teenager at the old Zale New York office at 450 W 33rd St, first as a sawyer honing my skills and learning how to plan rough diamonds.
I spent several years working in, and then leading, Zale’s rough diamond buying, cutting and production operation in the days when they were a DTC Sightholder.
Then came almost a decade working for legendary Diamantaire Louis Glick before moving to a role as Vice President Diamond and Gemstones for Stuller.
I consider myself very fortunate to have learned the trade from my grandfather, MB Zale, and to count Louis Glick and Matt Stuller as the strongest influences and teachers in my career.
Skills and specialisms
· Analytically driven and results oriented
· Special emphasis on inventory management and maximizing GMROI.
· Reversing negative trends and turning around declining businesses.
· Profit growth
· Highly strategic leader
· Managing market risk of a commoditized product
