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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.
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...
Multipayer Portals Are Emerging As Providers' Preferred Channel
Payer-provider connectivity remains quite fragmented in the US. As the feds gear up for the inaugural trial of a nascent Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) in late 2008, many payers and...
Forrester Exposes Glaring Lack Of Loyalty In A Highly Price-Sensitive Market
Individual consumers seeking health coverage are increasingly going online to find it, but today, many health insurers' Web sites are ill-prepared to turn these visitors into profitable members....
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...
Health Plans' Service Issues Will Cause Market Deceleration If Ignored
Recent evidence shows that consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) are beginning to gain market share faster than Forrester predicted in 2003. However, enrollees in these plans will demand improved...