About Forrester
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Brad Bortner is a vice president of strategy and customer insight for the technology industry group. His research includes the intersection of technology, market research, and vendor strategy. Brad works across tech industry topics with a focus on demand and supply data to help quantify the structural shifts in the technology industry, realize the opportunity of new business models, and understand the emerging technologies that will seed disruptions.
Brad has more than 18 years of strategy and market research experience, attained both as a provider and a client. Prior to becoming a Forrester analyst, Brad was director of custom research at Forrester. He has specialized in research to support bringing technology products to market and helping clients succeed in newly competitive markets. Prior to Forrester, he held positions such as VP at ComScoreQ2 and president of Censydiam USA and worked at MSI consulting. He also has held several line marketing postings within organizations such as IBM/Lexmark, PC Connection, and Radnet.Some of Brad's publications and lectures include: the introduction to The Naked Consumer Today; "Great Marketing Failures, and How to Avoid Them with Motivational Market Research;" Boston ESOMAR conference; and Market Research: Planning and Striking an Appropriate Balance for Business Results.
Brad received a B.A. from Dickinson College, where he graduated with honors and Phi Beta Kappa. He holds an M.A. from the University of Toronto and an M.B.A. from Yale University.
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