- 30 years with Mills Jewelers
- Diamond Grading Graduate, Gemological Institute of America
- Countersketch CAD Custom Jewelry Designer
- Pearl & Pearl Stringing Graduate, Gemological Institute of America
- Was hired at age 18 after buying a class ring for his sister. The owner called his mother to tell her how impressed he was with her son and asked if Brian would like a job.
- Brian believes that character is everything
- Always one sentence away from a bowling, basketball, baseball, golf, hunting or fishing story