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Andy serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals. He focuses primarily on B2B and B2B2C eCommerce, as well as issues related to enabling channel partner businesses for manufacturers. Andy's current research areas include multichannel retailing, mobile couponing, affiliate marketing, and enabling manufacturers to sell online.
Prior to joining Forrester, Andy spent 11 years in product and marketing leadership roles within Silicon Valley. In that time, he developed Yahoo's Web2Store local shopping initiative, co-founded an eCommerce company, and helped create several award-winning products in the consumer Internet and mobile software spaces. Before moving to Silicon Valley, Andy spent four years in Washington, D.C., as a research analyst for an economic consulting firm.
Andy has been quoted in various media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Internet Retailer, Direct Marketing News, American Banker, and CNBC.
Andy is a summa cum laude graduate in economics from the University of Dayton and holds an M.P.A. from Harvard University and an M.S. in integrated marketing from Northwestern University.
Why Market Insights + Customer Intelligence = Competitive Advantage
Companies now have more data on their customers than ever before, from surveys to social media, web analytics, and transactional data. However, most firms lack the structure and process to translate...
Why Market Insights + Customer Intelligence = Competitive Advantage
Despite an abundance of customer-related data, most companies still struggle to understand their customers — lacking the culture, process, technology, data, measurement framework, and business...

How big is the UK market for database providers, and how many database providers do you estimate are in that market?
Segmentation has always served as a core underpinning of traditional marketing. The benefits are myriad and well understood by those in the offline world. The very recent advent of the data...
Maximize Display Effectiveness By Optimizing Your Approach
New upstarts like Dotomi and FetchBack have recently invigorated interest in the value of remarketing, but it's a tried-and-true display tactic that's been around for years. Marketers can...

What CI Professionals Need To Know When Evaluating Their Needs And Vendors
As Customer Intelligence (CI) becomes the nerve center of the organization, the number of vendors touting CI services as part of their offerings is growing. Vendors, from database marketing service...
Epsilon, KBM Group, And Targetbase Lead A Strong Chasing Pack
In Forrester's 90-criteria evaluation of US database marketing service providers (MSPs), we found that Epsilon, KBM Group, and Targetbase led the pack because of their analytical and strategic...
In our recent study of database marketing service providers (MSPs), we found that MSPs exist in a diverse vendor ecosystem but enjoy significant customer loyalty. While most firms prioritize deep...
The database marketing service provider (MSP) market continues to evolve, with a variety of entrants competing for space. Forrester's recent evaluation, "The Forrester Wave™: US Database...
Identifying and tapping customer influence remains a popular topic for Customer Intelligence professionals. But with all of the interest, most see influence as a nebulous concept. Some of the...

European Interactive Agencies Report Their Capacity, Budget, And Industry Capabilities
Companies seeking agency partners in Europe find it challenging to identify the best agencies to meet their needs. To kick-start the vendor selection process, Forrester gathered self-reported data...
Strategic Plan: The Personal Identity Management Playbook
As personal identity management (PIDM) begins to take shape, companies must think about their customer intelligence (CI) practices differently. Today's data governance policies — the rules that...

Tools And Technology: The Digital Media Buying Playbook
The linchpins of every effective media buyer's practice are the partner and vendor relationships that allow the buyer to create truly valuable customer experiences. The technology ecosystem for...
How Interactive Marketers Must Make Digital Messaging More Engaging
As a marketer you want to be timely and relevant when you send a message and basic triggered messaging has addressed one side of this equation — timeliness — for many marketers. But when...
As customer databases grow in functionality and organizational influence, Customer Intelligence (CI) professionals must choose between insourcing and outsourcing strategies to best facilitate their...