Raymond Hakimi is an accomplished designer with an extensive background in fine jewelry. He has a remarkable skill set that includes CAD modeling, rendering, and hand sketching. His knowledge of jewelry manufacturing process from conceptualization through final production is profound. Mr. Hakimi has a significant amount of expertise in jewelry appraising, gemstones, manufacturing, and buying and selling gems, precious jewels, and antique/estate jewelry. Along with active participation in jewelry and metal practice, he possesses the ability to practice and teach jewelry and metalworking technologies, methodologies, including goldsmithing, casting, production methods, stone setting, silversmithing, hollowware-making, chasing/repousse, etching, machine tool work, forging, enameling, anodizing aluminum, and reactive metals, tool making. Mr. Hakimi's experience extends to digital object design, 3-d prototyping, and current fabrication technologies. He has a good understanding of jewelry and metals history, contemporary theory and discourse in jewelry practices along with a broad knowledge of history, theory and practice as it applies to craft, art and design. With excellent communication, interpersonal, time management, and organizational skills, Mr. Hakimi's exceptional professional background includes appraising, casting, gemology, graphic design, jewelry design, manufacturing, repair, model-making, mold making, plating, product design, goldsmithing, stone setting, tool making, wax carving, chasing and repousse, piercing and sawing, ajure work, product development, and quality assurance. Overall, his experience and knowledge of jewelry and metals make him a prominent figure in the industry, with invaluable expertise to contribute.