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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.
Responsys And ExactTarget Edge Ahead In A Tight Pack Of Eight Leaders
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 pack....
Why Pharma Should Integrate Social Into The Multichannel Customer View
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 restricted. In...

The explosion of consumer adoption of social technologies is changing the nature of relationships between companies and their customers. eBusiness professionals in the healthcare industry need to...
North American Consumer Technographics
Now more than ever, the Web is teeming with health-related content as new sites, products, and services seem to flood the market under the health and wellness guise. So how are consumers responding?...
2009 Will Be A Time Of Uncertainty And Transition In The Healthcare Industry
A recession is hitting US consumers hard as the financial crisis continues to send ripples across US and global economies. Most US industries are feeling the effects —banks, retailers, auto...
A Call For eBusiness Professionals To Respond To Industry Transformation
The needs of online healthcare consumers are evolving, and many of the tools that plans make available to them aren't keeping up. The good news is that consumer-directed health plan (CDHP) members...
Healthcare Marketers Have An Uphill Battle Ahead Of Them
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...
Most Consumers Still Buy Offline And Ignore Drug Advertisements
Despite the fact that U.S. consumers are shopping for everything from music to clothing online, prescription medications just don't make it to their online shopping lists. Doctors remain the most...
Market penetration for health savings accounts (HSAs) among US households is gaining momentum. Even an impending presidential election, in which healthcare reform is a top priority, cannot break the...