Publisher

Gemfling is a service of Verichannel, LLC, a private company which operates multiple jewelry industry search engines, each with a specific purpose. These include specialty search engines for groups such as Independent Jewelers Organization (www.ijo.com); American Gem Society (www.ags.org); the De Beers' Forevermark diamond (www.forevermarkdiamond.com); and Worldmart*E, a Chinese-language trading platform for diamonds (www.worldmarte.com) Verichannel is managed by three well-known jewelry industry figures: William Boyajian, Chairman, was formerly the long-time president of the prestigious Gemological Institute of America, the world leader in gemological research, grading, and education. (www.gia.edu) Jacques Voorhees, President, is the inventor of online trading in the diamond industry, having founded Polygon in 1975, and which is today one of the jewelry industry's largest business-to-business e-marketplaces. (www.polygon.net) Krista Olson, Vice-President, was Group Sales Director of Reed Expo's JCK Show™, the largest jewelry trade show in the world, and a co-founder of Luxury by JCK™, a specialty designer-jewelry show. (www.jckonline.com)