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• Fabricate the high fashion jewelry designs of Designer, David Webb, who ran this unique enterprise from 1948 until his death in 1978. In 2010, David Webb’s company was purchased by three investors, and the new owners pulled sixty years’ worth of archived designs from the archives and began producing them once again.• Providing improvisational Model Making for existing designs by retooling more efficient mechanical designs has been a specialty responsibility.• Provide Logistical Model Consulting to the CAD Department as they replicate David Webb designs, helping to refine the traditional designs into 3D digital models. There are many adjustments that have to be taken into consideration to recreate the same level of quality in a handmade piece.• Produce earrings, rings, bracelets and necklaces with retail values of up to $500,000 USD per piece.

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• On behalf of my own trademark, Louis Farkovitz Studio (louisfarkovitz.com), I design and produce custom gold and silver jewelry on request, including silver Judaica, artistic sculpture, and nickel silver.

Embellish electric guitars with silver and nickel silver, and gem stones. www.louisfarkovitzguitars.com

New York, New York

• Country Link Product Line: Created specialized jigs to streamline production which resulted in the company's ability to quadruple production.• Collaborated with a colleague to revamp the production of a belt buckle with stainless steel coins, by embedding the coins within the wax model, eliminating the setting labor entirely and reducing assembly time by 60%.• Designed a “tongue” model for silver belt buckles which saved 50% of the required production time for 25% of the entire designer collection.• Innovated specialized production tools on a regular basis; which consistently reduced production time costs and while simultaneously increasing quality, beauty and design integrity; a specific example was my development of a tension clamp to reduce link production time. The clamp allowed us to cut every other link instead of every link, increasing the appeal of the jewelry and also reduced production time by 90%

• Produced high quality platinum, gold and silver jewelry, including mass production and special order items.• Participated in product development process, design hinges, clasps and other multi-component systems.• Educated and trained other jewelers in advanced skills and techniques.

• Designed gold and semi-precious stone jewelry, including rings, bracelets and earrings.• Consulted with and advised other designers.

• Designed and implemented new product models for the gold and diamond wrist watch line.• Maintained an inventory of product components, including the selection and purchasing of parts from domestic and foreign markets.• Represented the company at major trade shows, as part of sales negotiations, provided product presen5tations to prospective buyers

• Model design of all product lines• Responsible for day to day management of jewelry production.• Responsible for hiring and discharging personnel.

• Model design of all product lines• Responsible for day to day management of jewelry production.• Responsible for hiring and discharging personnel.

• Conceived of tri-color pink, yellow and white gold “S” chain resulting in two years worth of sales/production and an adoption of the style throughout the industry.