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Andy is a member of Forrester's Business Technology Futures team, which serves CIOs and their business partners by predicting the long-term business impact of information technology. His research focus is on smart computing and analytics and tech-driven business transformation, analyzing the shifting economics of the industry, including spending, budgeting, and the influence of macroeconomic trends.
He also researches the growing customization of IT systems for industry-specific applications, especially in the utilities, energy, and professional services sectors. He is also a thought leader in the sourcing and procurement technology markets.
Andy has extensive experience in the technology market and in strategic planning, both as an analyst and a practitioner in the business world. He came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group in 2003, where he had worked as a vice president and research leader since 1998. Prior to joining Giga, Andy held a variety of vice president positions at American Express in the chairman's office, technologies, strategic planning, and re-engineering. Before joining American Express, Andy worked as an economist, writer, and editor for various organizations, including Shearson Lehman Brothers; the US House of Representatives' Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs; and the Council on Wage and Price Stability in the Executive Office of the President.
Andy has been a regular participant in Forrester's IT Forum conferences, delivering keynote addresses in 2006 and 2007 with colleagues on the future of software. He has also been a recurring presenter at Conference Board conferences on eProcurement and eSourcing. He has been quoted in leading business and technology publications, including BusinessWeek, The Economist, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
Andy earned a B.A. in philosophy from Haverford College and a Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins University.
Depth Of RBC's Site Prevails Over Streamlined CIBC Offering
For the first time, Forrester evaluated the secure Web sites of four of Canada's largest credit card issuers — Bank of Montreal, CIBC, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and TD Canada Trust —...
Barclaycard Offers State-Of-The-Art Spending Categorization And Reporting
In August 2009, Barclaycard rolled out its new secure Web site, mybarclaycard, offering state-of-the-art functionality for managing credit cards online. The site combines excellent online banking...
CARS Improves Customer Experience And Supports The Weather Channel Growth Strategy
Forrester has predicted that the next generation of online experience will be customized, aggregated, relevant, and social (CARS). We can already see early examples of companies that are transforming...

Latin American Consumer Technographics®
Over the past couple of years, Latin America has risen on many global companies' priority lists of new markets to focus on and understand. Given the meteoric rise of social networks like orkut and...

Identifying The Right Option For Your B2C eCommerce Business
China has become the leading emerging market for many Western brands and retailers. Attractive due to the scale and growth of the retail market, many companies view China as both a near-term...

A Panel Discussion At The 2010 Customer Experience Forum
Highlights of the Trends In Customer Experience panel at Forrester's Customer Experience Forum 2010 included a debate about the need for a chief customer officer (CCO), a prediction that "Web sites...
Wells Fargo's Second Attempt At Online Chat Finds Incremental Success
Wells Fargo was a pioneer in the use of online chat in 2002. While that initial move into live help met with mixed results, the desire on the team's part to inject human assistance into the process...
Executive Overview: The B2B Online Community Playbook
This playbook provides you with a strategy framework, road map, and the tools to establish a healthy and active online B2B community that delivers value to prospects, customers, and peers at each...

Navigating The Centralized Versus Localized Approach
Today's global eBusiness executives are struggling to organize eBusiness operations that effectively support increasing international revenues. Companies have experimented with a variety of...
Capital One Takes The Top Spot For 2010
For the first time, Forrester evaluated the public Web sites of the nine largest North American credit card issuers — American Express, Bank of America, Bank of Montreal, Capital One (US),...
The Dual Nature Of eBusiness Requires A Multidimensional Organizational Structure
Creating the optimal eBusiness organizational structure is one of the biggest challenges confronting eBusiness executives at financial services firms today. As both a channel and an enterprise...
How Leading Health Insurers Drive Change Inside And Outside Of Their Walls
The health insurance industry faces discontent from both its consumer and provider customers. With new regulations and an elevated national discourse on health reform, the time for change is now. But...
eBusiness Has A Key Role In The Understanding And Usage Of Social Media
Forrester recently published an analysis of the social habits of financial service customers along with a scan of current regulations and existing social marketing efforts. Overall, social media...
As consumers become more comfortable integrating social tools into their everyday lives, eBusiness leaders seek the right social strategy to achieve their goals. While the benefits of social media...
Today, healthcare remains a largely in-person proposition, but with the advancement of Internet-based videoconferencing technologies, the possibility of healthcare video visits is becoming a reality....
Best Practices For Including Customers, Employees, And Partners In Customer Experience Design
Co-creation — the practice of involving people from across the customer experience ecosystem in the experience design process — is a valuable and versatile methodology, but it usually...
An Empowered Report
Just a few years ago, mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) were a dime a dozen. Big companies like Disney and ESPN tried — yet failed — to create a mobile experience differentiated...
Royal Bank Of Canada Takes The Top Spot For 2011
For the sixth year in a row, Forrester evaluated the online sales effectiveness of the six largest Canadian banks — Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), National Bank of...
Many firms want to differentiate on the basis of customer experience. To reach that goal, they must first define an experience that's truly differentiating and then deliver that experience...