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Carlton serves Customer Insights (CI) Professionals. He was a founding member of the CI practice in 2009, and currently leads the global team of Forrester analysts that help clients capture, manage, and analyze customer data as well as apply the resulting insights to marketing and business strategy. Carlton began his Forrester career in 2006 as an analyst specializing in digital channels, emerging products, and enterprise technology in healthcare. He also led Forrester's consumer product strategy practice, where he managed a team of analysts that focused on innovation and digital disruption.
In addition to leading his team at Forrester, Carlton posts his thoughts and opinions on Twitter and on his blog.
Prior to joining Forrester, Carlton spent nine years as an IT and eBusiness leader in the health insurance industry. He also has experience with two start-ups and a leading marketing services provider.
Carlton holds a B.S. in civil engineering management from the University of Vermont.
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According to Forrester's North American Technographics® Healthcare Online Survey, Q2 2008, 39% of non-elderly commercially insured adults in the US now own a health spending account. This d...
In Forrester’s evaluation of email marketing service providers (ESPs), we reviewed 15 vendors against 69 criteria and found that Responsys and ExactTarget are at the front of the Leader pa...
Following significant consolidation in the healthcare claims platform space over the past two years, Forrester evaluated eight products among the remaining four leading vendors across 61 criteri...
How does your eBusiness team stack up against others? How mature is the average eBusiness team? What characteristics should an eBusiness team exhibit — and excel at? To answer these and ot...
The pharmaceutical industry faces significant sales and marketing challenges as many of its blockbuster drugs come off of patent and access to healthcare providers becomes increasingly restricte...

Forrester interviewed and surveyed dozens of seasoned eBusiness professionals representing a wide cross-section of industries — including financial services, healthcare, hospitality, manuf...
