Adam Hocherman founded American Innovative in 2003 and currently serves as the company's president. In addition to running day-to-day operations, he is the inventor of many of American Innovative's consumer products.
Prior to founding American Innovative, Hocherman was the VP Engineering at Syncline, Inc., a Boston-based firm specializing in web-based GIS (Geographic Information Systems) solutions. A member of the management team, he was principally in charge of the company's engineering department. In addition Hocherman served as the primary client engagement manager for most of the large-scale project work completed at the firm. Before Syncline, Hocherman spent several years as part of Accenture's (formerly Andersen Consulting) Internet Center of Excellence in Boston. The Internet Center (or ICE) was part of a then-fledgling network of niche development arms within Andersen Consulting responsible for the very first Internet technology projects procured by the global firm. At the ICE center Hocherman was responsible for the architecture and development of large-scale, Java-based enterprise internet projects.
Adam Hocherman's comments are from a panel entitled Rising Stars: The "Early Days" of Promising Young Entrepreneurs that was given during Entrepreneurship at Cornell's Celebration event in April 2010.
Adam Hocherman holds both a BS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and an MBA from Cornell University.
I think it's risky from your perspective to look at this environment and then think that this is all roses. This is a great day for any entrepreneur. We're sitting in front of an audience, we're smiling and got mics and free stuff but it's really a give and take and there are many very stressful d...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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