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Connie is a member of Forrester's Business Technology Futures team, which serves CIOs and their business partners by predicting the long-term business impact of information technology. Her research focus is on smart computing and analytics.
Connie came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group in 2003. She has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry and has been an analyst for 19 years. Most of her research focuses on business process management and business optimization. Prior to joining Giga, Connie managed BIS Strategic Decisions' European IT consulting group, headquartered in the UK. Before then, Connie was vice president of product marketing at TDC (now part of BancTec), a manufacturer of high-end document capture systems. She was also a manager with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), specializing in document management, document imaging, and end user computing. Earlier, Connie was with Wang Laboratories, where she managed Wang's technical support resources for the US Department of Defense and intelligence agencies. She began her career in IT and management at Mathematica Policy Research.
Connie was the co-champion of Forrester's 2009 Business Technology Forum, with its theme of "Lean: The New Business Technology Imperative." Connie also co-championed Forrester's 2007 Technology Leadership Forum, with the theme of "Design for People, Build for Change," and Forrester's 2008 Technology Leadership Forum, themed as "Embrace Technology Chaos, Deliver Business Results." Connie is a widely sought speaker. She has keynoted at many industry events, chaired 10 business process and workflow conferences in Europe and the US, and co-chaired Giga's "Leveraging Knowledge" conference. Connie also served as a director of AIIM International, the premier association for the content management industry, and is a member of the Association of Business Process Management Professionals.
Connie attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a B.A. in political science and history from East Carolina University and an M.B.A. in information systems from George Washington University.

I'm working on my speech for Forrester's June 21, 2011 Customer Experience Forum in New York and would love to highlight how a few companies "package" their customer experience strategy and...
Introduce Personas With Clear Purposes And Embed Them In Processes
Despite ample evidence of the value that personas contribute to user experience design and related business results, some firms still struggle to use them to the greatest effect. At the root of many...
Forrester's January 23, 2012, "The Customer Experience Index, 2012" report by Megan Burns is a general research summary for all industries. Are there industry-specific reports planned around...
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A Report From Forrester's Customer Experience Forum 2010
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An appeals court in the UK just decided that the design of the Samsung Galaxy does not infringe on Apple patents for the iPad. Why? Well, the opinion by Judge Colin Birss concluded that, "They...
Consumers Report On Program Availability, Usage, And Relevance
Forrester surveyed US online nonelderly commercially insured consumers to find out how open they are to using health management programs offered by their health plan or employer and in which channels...
News recently broke that analytics firm Verint will acquire enterprise feedback management (EFM) vendor Vovici. I think the acquisition makes a lot of sense (we predicted that this type of...
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While Google and Microsoft downplay the significance of their Nexus 7 and Surface tablets, the message to their device manufacturers is abundantly clear: If you’re not building devices that...
No offense meant to any of the other great speakers at Forrester’s recent Customer Experience Forum 2011, but I have to admit that I had a favorite: Kevin Peters, Office Depot’s...
An Empowered Report: Employees Are Customer Experience Pros' Best Weapon
Employees have a wealth of insight about both customers and internal operations. Many also have the influence to quickly improve customer experience at the ground level through frontline interactions...
I’m excited to finally be able to talk publicly about our CX Forum East in New York at the end of June. The theme this year is “Boost Your Customer Experience To The Next Level.” We...
On June 22 at Forrester's Customer Experience Forum, I will be hosting a panel of experts on innovation in customer experience. The audience and I will have the opportunity to learn from Marie...
Customer experience professionals use metrics to monitor the quality of their website customer experience and find ways to improve it. A good measurement system includes metrics that capture three...
A Look Inside The VoC Practices At Adobe, Fidelity, And JetBlue
This year, Forrester recognized three winners of its annual Voice Of The Customer Awards: Adobe Systems, Fidelity Investments, and JetBlue Airways. Each firm had its own unique practices. Adobe...
Lately it’s become en vogue to talk about how to “surprise and delight” your customers. And why not? If companies are competing on experience, they need to find ways to impress and...
Welcome to all of you at Forrester’s second annual Customer Experience Forum in New York City! And to all of you who can’t be here — we’ll miss you. Sales for the event were...
I am looking for insight from research on how health insurance providers are dealing with anticipated healthcare exchanges. I'm specifically interested in multi-state carrier handling.