Charles S. Golvin

Principal Analyst serving CIOs

Charles serves CIOs. His research covers mobility and the digital home. He has an end-to-end understanding of wireless, encompassing end user behavior, devices, networks, carrier strategy, content, and applications, as well as mobile as a marketing channel. His research on the digital home examines the enabling networks; connectivity solutions; content and applications; and the changing role for service providers, media companies, marketers, device makers, and application developers in this evolving environment. Charles' research and analysis have been widely cited in publications including BusinessWeek, the Financial Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as on ABC, CNBC, CNN, NPR, and PBS.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to joining Forrester, Charles held senior technology positions at Citigroup, providing strategic technology guidance across business units in consumer and corporate finance. Among his projects were initiatives in consumer mobile banking in Japan, mobile commerce in Japan, and mobile payments in the US. His previous experience covers a wide variety of technologies and markets, including CAD for integrated circuit design, 3D graphics for film and broadcast, consumer entertainment software, interactive television, and production systems for game development.


Education

Charles holds M.S. and B.S. degrees in mathematics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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  • Charles S. Golvin
  • eCommerce
  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Mobile Computing: It's All About The Ecosystem

    Competition Shifts From Devices To Ecosystems

    CIOs might interpret the recent flood of mobile device product announcements, highlighted by the September 12 unveiling of Apple's iPhone 5, as competing vendors fomenting demand for the holiday...

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  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:A Systematic Approach To Mobile Strategy

    Strategic Plan: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook

    Mobile is hot, but too many executives take a backward approach to developing a mobile initiative and begin with technology decisions such as "We need an iPhone application" or "Let's do something...

    • Downloads: 4183
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:iPhone 4S Cements Apple's Product Strategy Leadership Position

    Apple's Cross-Device Product Strategy Drives Product Differentiation And Customer Loyalty

    Let's face it: Many observers, anticipating a redesign and a raft of hardware innovations, reacted with disappointment to Apple's iPhone 4S unveiling. Does it matter? No. Why? Because Apple launched...

    • Downloads: 372
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:The Global Mainstreaming Of Smartphones

    Understanding Global Smartphone Adoption Today And Tomorrow

    In a global population that exceeds 5 billion subscriptions, consumer product strategists recognize that smartphones are a niche today. Yet in the US and in some European countries, smartphone...

    • Downloads: 1409
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:AT&T Leaps Back To The Top With T-Mobile Buy

    Device And App Product Strategists Must Scale Up To Keep Up

    Consumer product strategists throughout the broader wireless ecosystem are waking up to a potentially radical shift in the industry landscape as AT&T announces its plan to reclaim the top spot in the...

    • Downloads: 233
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Crafting Products For The Next Smartphone Owners

    Product Strategists Must Segment The US Smartphone Market

    Consumer product strategists — across many categories — are increasingly focused on smartphone owners, and Forrester's recently published US mobile phone forecast confirms the value of...

    • Downloads: 1093
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Nokia And Microsoft Tie The Smartphone Knot

    Their Market Disrupted, Both Require Differentiation To Succeed

    Nokia, its once-leading global smartphone market share declining rapidly, announced that it will shift from its own Symbian platform to Microsoft's Windows Phone platform in an attempt to regain...

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  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Welcome To The Multidevice, Multiconnection World

    Product Loyalty's New Calculus

    Connectivity is becoming a default feature in a diverse range of consumer products, from portables like tablets and eReaders to TVs and Blu-ray players. As the cost of adding connectivity to devices...

    • Downloads: 1421
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Asia Pacific Mobile Technographics®: 2010

    An Empowered Report: Understanding The Mobile Behavior Of Your Target Audience

    The first step in building or refining a mobile strategy is understanding the mobile behaviors of your target audience. In April 2009, Forrester introduced Mobile Technographics, allowing companies...

    • Downloads: 850
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Verizon iPhone Sets The Battleground For iPhone 5

    Product Strategists Face A New Competitive Landscape

    Verizon Wireless today announced that it would begin selling the iPhone to the public on February 10. This much anticipated expiration of AT&T's exclusive agreement with Apple changes the competitive...

    • Downloads: 274
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Phone-Based Navigation Continues To Grow Rapidly In 2010

    In May 2009, Forrester predicted that, while a growing number of consumers would embrace navigation solutions, the phone would be the most widely used tool for navigation by 2013. Our most recent...

    • Downloads: 317
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:Canada Mobile Technographics®: 2010

    An Empowered Report: Understanding The Mobile Behavior Of Your Target Audience

    The first step in building or refining a mobile strategy is understanding the mobile behaviors of your target audience. Mobile Technographics offers consumer product strategists a means of obtaining...

    • Downloads: 729
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:US Mobile Technographics®: 2010

    An Empowered Report: Understanding The Mobile Behavior Of Your Target Audience

    The first step in building or refining a mobile strategy is understanding the mobile behaviors of your target audience. In April 2009, Forrester first published Mobile Technographics, offering...

    • Downloads: 1805
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Smartphone Platforms Need A Branding Reset

    US Consumers Have Little Clue About Their Phone's Software

    In the white-hot US smartphone market, the once-invisible underlying software platforms have become one of the fiercest areas of competition. RIM and Apple lead this market, while platforms from...

    • Downloads: 719
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:2009: The Year Of High-End Phones

    Smartphones And Quick Messaging Devices Make Up A Third Of US Phones

    As 2009 drew to a close, many in the press were keen to label it "the year of the smartphone." That's true, but it's not the whole story: The past year saw massive growth in mobile phones that carry...

    • Downloads: 772
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:The State Of Consumers And Technology: Benchmark 2009, Canada

    A Life Stage Analysis Of The Canadian Benchmark Survey

    This is a graphical analysis of the Canadian consumer market based on Forrester’s North American Technographics® Benchmark Survey, 2009 (US, Canada). It describes the current state of...

    • Downloads: 795
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:US Mobile Forecast, 2009 To 2014

    Growth Will Continue Despite Looming Subscriber Saturation

    Mobile phones and networks have reached near-ubiquity in the US. Despite a paucity of new subscribers to sell service to, mobile operators will continue to reap the benefits of the advance of their...

    • Downloads: 2547
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Phone-Based Navigation Ticks Up

    Earlier this year, Forrester predicted that, while a growing number of consumers would embrace navigation solutions, the phone would be the most widely used tool for navigation by 2013. Our most...

    • Downloads: 306
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:The Fastest-Growing Mobile Phone Category

    It's Not Smartphones; It's Their Younger "Quick Messaging" Siblings

    While smartphones like Apple's iPhone, the BlackBerry Storm, and T-Mobile's Android-based MyTouch get all the attention, another category of mobile phones has quietly been accelerating its market...

    • Downloads: 909
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:The State Of Consumers And Technology: Benchmark 2009, US

    A Life Stage Analysis Of The US Benchmark Survey

    This report is a graphical analysis of Forrester's North American Technographics® Benchmark Survey, 2009. It provides an overview of US consumers' demographics, behaviors, and technology...

    • Downloads: 3540
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Apple Furthers Its Phone World Domination Plan

    On June 8, 2009, Apple announced the latest addition to its iPhone lineup: the iPhone 3G S. Apple's decision to differentiate this new version via not only its new features, such as video capture and...

    • Downloads: 392
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:Mobile Technographics

    Understanding Mobile Phone Usage Is The Foundation Of A Mobile Strategy

    Consumer adoption and usage of mobile communication and multimedia services has reached critical mass. Any brand that interacts regularly with consumers — from retailers to banks to media...

    • Downloads: 3770
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Understanding How US Consumers Buy Mobile

    Except For A Fickle Minority, Service And Value Far Outweigh Devices As Drivers For Switching

    With cellular service saturation looming on the horizon — more than nine out of 10 US online consumers own a mobile phone today — mobile operators have shifted their focus to subscriber...

    • Downloads: 1007
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Youth Spearhead Mobile Services Adoption

    North American Youth Would Use Their Mobiles Even More If Service Improved

    Three-quarters of online youth in North America have a mobile phone today, including more than 90% of 18-year-olds. These young people rely heavily on their cell phones for a wide variety of...

    • Downloads: 810
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:The State Of Consumers And Technology: Benchmark 2008, Canada

    A Generational Analysis Of Canadian Consumers

    This is a graphical analysis of the Canadian consumer market using Forrester's North American Technographics® Benchmark Survey, 2008. It forecasts device and service adoption, and it provides an...

    • Downloads: 868
 
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