What is your background?
I was pursuing a degree in Physics with a minor in Electronics and was working for the Pacific Missile Test Center at Point Magu but decided to pursue the Jewelry industry instead. 

What made you choose the jewelry industry?
From the young age of 14, the jewelry industry intrigued me. I apprenticed under a gemologist and learned my benchwork with him.  

When did you start your business?
I started working full time in the jewelry industry in 1970 in a store called Force Hammer named because my partner and I focused on hammer raised jewelry. Three years later, I married and opened Lynn’s Jewelry with my wife and a year later we became Lynn’s Manufacturing, Inc. in Ventura and eventually moved to Cambria. 

What challenges did you face in the business?
Our business grew substantially with 18 employees and