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Chris serves Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals with research focused on how organizations can define sourcing strategy, select and negotiate with key technology vendors, and maximize supplier performance over time. Chris is a recognized expert in IT and business services, and he focuses on how customers can manage innovation programs with their third-party service providers. He has written research about how the leading IT and business service providers facilitate innovation, introduce new technologies, and integrate technologies for IT and business customers. He has also created frameworks and evaluation methodologies to help sourcing professionals evaluate the risks, costs, and business value of emerging technologies. Prior to working on the sourcing and vendor management team, Chris served on Forrester's technology industry vendor strategy team. In this role, Chris wrote about topics relevant to technology strategists — such as long-term market trends, the importance of business customers in technology purchasing decisions, innovation, and emerging technology trends and disruptions.
Prior to his work as an analyst, Chris was in Forrester's consulting group, where he led strategy consulting engagements for leading technology vendors. He has helped technology clients with market sizing, competitive assessments, customer segmentation, product marketing, and M&A strategy. Prior to joining Forrester, Chris had several years of experience in strategy consulting, including advisory and market research work for Fortune 500 technology companies and private equity investors.
Chris received his M.B.A. from Georgetown University and his B.A., with honors, from Middlebury College.
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Mobile Banking's Time Has Finally Come
Applications maintenance pricing models are in flux. While many clients want to move beyond staff augmentation relationships, finding the right type of pricing to employ in the managed context can be...
Henry - Practical use cases has long been a missing part of the Ontology story. Thank you for the real world view. Bob Eve, Composite Software
Australian Banks Excel In Supporting The Online Application
Forrester evaluated the public Web sites of the big four Australian retail banks — Australia and New Zealand Banking, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank, and Westpac...
Forrester surveyed 224 direct marketers to understand how relations with internal and external partners affect technology adoption. Across the board, marketers recognize the need to improve customer...
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Is this really a statistically significant sample? It's likely that the vendors gave you references which they thought would shine a positive light on their toolset. What percentage of the IC-BPMS...
This Technographics Data Chart examines the multitasking habits of consumers who use the Internet while watching Television. Differences in yearly trends, generations, and online activities are...
At its recent analyst event, Ericsson outlined its strategy, product, and service ambitions. Ericsson remains the overall benchmark for network infrastructure vendors. The company has a leading...
The Very Small Business Profile: Growing, Young, And Mobile
The very small business (VSB) market is growing in importance for an increasing number of tech vendors, in large part due to the fact that it is the fastest-growing company-size segment in terms of...
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Emerging Smartphone Use By Information Workers Opens Doors For Vendors
Understanding how information workers use smartphones and applications enables marketing executives across the mobile value chain to successfully develop products and services to address the needs of...
I was thrilled to be back in São Paulo last week visiting with different companies in the eCommerce space. I met with over a half dozen online retailers, as well as other players in the...
Buying business software is a highly considered, collaborative process, one ideally suited for community interactions. Recently, Forrester surveyed software decision-makers to see how digital and Web...
I attended SAP Insider’s five-part conference -- covering Logistics & Supply Chain Management, PLM, Manufacturing, CRM, and Procurement & Materials Management -- and got a chance to catch up...
Well researched and insightful article. I would have liked to see references to web service/schema standards adoption included (for example, MISMO, ACORD, IFX, etc.) but the statistics are...