# Adam Hotchkiss

> Adam Hotchkiss is a Plume co-founder whose career spans optical networking, cloud-managed home Wi-Fi, product leadership and customer solutions. He served as interim CEO and was appointed chief product officer in April 2025; Plume’s current leadership page lists Alan Coleman in that role.

- **Role:** Technology co-founder, networking engineer and product executive
- **Organizations:** Plume, Menara Networks, Qtera Corporation, Nortel Networks, Fujitsu Network Communications, Dallas Margarita Society
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Texas
- **Known for:** Co-founded Plume., Co-authored The Plume Advantage: Putting the Adapt in Adaptive WiFi with Bill McFarland., A 2022 conference biography credited him with more than 11 published or pending patents.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2000** — Worked at Fujitsu Network Communications, then in product line management at Qtera.
- **2000** — Qtera was acquired by Nortel; his career included WDM product work at both companies.
- **By 2014** — Vice president of products at Menara Networks.
- **2012-2015** — Served on the Dallas Margarita Society board.
- **2015** — Co-founded Plume with Fahri Diner, Aman Singla and Sri Nathan; became director emeritus of the Dallas Margarita Society.
- **2017** — Named as an inventor on a published distributed home-network device-claiming patent application.
- **2022** — Vice president of customer solutions at Plume; spoke at FTTH Conference in Vienna.
- **2024-03** — Oversaw the opening of Plume’s Hyderabad office.
- **2024-06** — Scheduled to introduce OpenSync Lite at the Taipei OpenSync Summit.
- **2025-02** — Appeared in a public interview as Plume’s acting CEO.
- **2025-04** — Transitioned from interim CEO to chief product officer when Daniel Herscovici became CEO.
- **2026-10** — Research check: Plume’s live leadership page lists Alan Coleman as CPO; Hotchkiss’s current operating position is not established.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Plume.
- Co-authored The Plume Advantage: Putting the Adapt in Adaptive WiFi with Bill McFarland.
- A 2022 conference biography credited him with more than 11 published or pending patents.
- Named a Cablefax 100 honoree in 2025.
- Led Plume as interim CEO before its April 2025 CEO appointment.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Interviewed as acting CEO about consumer engagement and subscriber satisfaction.
- **2025-04** — Named chief product officer following Daniel Herscovici’s CEO appointment.
- **2026-10** — The current Plume leadership page names Alan Coleman as CPO; the supplied CPO title should be treated as historical.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-hotchkiss

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Last updated: 2026-10-13