Niv Kaplan was born at Kibbutz Ayelet Hashachar in 1959.
In 1984, Niv returned to New York to study sound engineering and from there continued on to study in Los Angeles. In New York and Los Angeles Niv worked at El Al security and then at high-tech companies in the field of electro-Optics and lasers.
In 1992, Niv received a BSc in Business Administration (Marketing) from California State University Northridge (CSUN) and in 1994 returned to Israel.
Today, Niv works as a Sales director for a company that developed a system for neutralizing commercial drones, after working for 23 years in the Aero-Space industry, marketing sophisticated systems to fighter jets.