My name is Brad Barrish. I grew up in Overland Park, Kansas and have lived in Los Angeles, California longer than I’ve lived anywhere else. I live with my wife Laura Hess, our daughter, Cassidy and son, Ozzie.
I’m currently Chief Technology Officer for Frank & Eileen. I was previously the COO and co-founder of Clarity, a neurotech company working to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. I remain an advisor for Clarity. Prior to Clarity, I was Vice President of Customer Experience at Oura and Director of Customer Experience at Sonos. You can see the rest on LinkedIn.
I love working with founders and founding teams, which I did for several years as an All-Star Mentor for Techstars and as a Fellow with Conduit Venture Labs. My mentorship primarily focuses on early-stage startups developing consumer-oriented products and services. I also enjoy collaborating with leaders throughout their careers to foster leadership styles rich in emotional intelligence to help build company cultures that grow and retain exceptional people.
I have limited time, but if you are interested in working together, reach out! I’m brad at this domain. I don’t feel particularly connected to any social networks the way I once felt about Twitter (RIP). You can find me on Warpcast, Bluesky, Mastodon and LinkedIn.
My Setup
I use an iPhone 16 Pro as my trusty pocket computer. I love my MacBook Air M1, but also have a MacBook Pro M4 Max for work, which I use a lot more often. I have a still-amazing iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) that I use with an Apple Pencil (2nd generation). I shoot photos with a Fujifilm X-T5, which I’m slowly learning how to shoot with.
If I’m leaving the connected devices behind, I’m writing primarily in Midori MD Notebook Journals, size A5 with dot grid using Zebra Sarasa Clip Pen 0.4 mm (black, of course). I always have my Kindle Paperwhite loaded with books, but also occasionally carry a physical book as well.
This site is hosted on Micro.blog. I mostly use Gmail and iCloud+ with custom domains. I use Apple Calendar for appointments. I mainly use Arc to browse the web, but Safari is nice too. I’ve been starting to use Orion more lately and it’s very nice. I use Unread with Feedbin for RSS, which is my predominant interface with the web. I save web things to Sublime and Raindrop. I use Reader to read, highlight and annotate articles, papers, posts, newsletters and any other text on the web. Obsidian is, more or less, my second brain. I use it for journaling, note-taking and research. I use Apple Notes when I need to share notes.
I’m constantly trying out all kind of AI tools, but probably use Claude the most of any of the foundation models. That said, the voice interface of ChatGPT is magnificent. I use Cursor to help me code things.
