Barry B. Kaplan is a lifelong student and best-selling author whose career has oscillated from accounting to operations to product design, and everywhere inbetween. After graduation, Barry practiced as a Chartered Accountant (SA) and Operations Director in Johannesburg before being hired by a U.S. technology firm to work in New York. There Barry expanded his skillset to include interface and systems design, product strategy, and organizational leadership. Barry has helped build and lead companies in digital commerce, wholesale distribution, and emerging neural-wearable technologies. He served as COO of a leading US watch importer, distributor, and retailer, and more recently as EVP and board member of an international neural wearables startup that he helped navigate to the Nasdaq. He continues to operate and consult in these areas. Barry is a student of philosophy, especially Jewish philosophy. His writing is infused with Torah principles and a sustained effort to comprehend classical Jewish ideas within a contemporary physics framework. His best-selling first book, Horology (Schiffer, 2022), explores the meaning and structure of time. It also provides an overview and history of the calendar, the watch, and the watch industry. Barry lives and works in New Jerse
