Corporate career After graduating from college, Kaplan worked for
Condé Nast. He was later the vice president and general manager of
Geoworks. He was also the founder and CEO of MovieStreet. Kaplan was the president and CEO of
Sega.com and was the chairperson and CEO of
Pure Digital Technologies. In his role, Kaplan invented and marketed the
Flip Video before the company was acquired and shuttered by
Cisco Systems. Most recently, Kaplan was the chairperson and CEO of the FishSix Restaurant Corporation, a holding company that owns several grilled cheese sandwich restaurants in
California,
Texas, and
Colorado.
United States ambassador to Singapore in January 2022 On July 29, 2021, President
Joe Biden nominated Kaplan to be the next
United States ambassador to Singapore. The
Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on his nomination on October 20, 2021. The committee favorably reported Kaplan's nomination to the Senate floor on November 3, 2021. The entire Senate confirmed his nomination on November 19, 2021. On December 6, 2021, he presented his credentials to President
Halimah Yacob. In February 2024, the Department of State released a watchdog report suggesting that Kaplan mistreated staff, wasted funds and had a poor relationship with local officials while in Singapore. == References ==