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Doug serves Consumer Product Strategy Professionals and leads Forrester’s research on open innovation and co-creation. Doug helps clients understand how open innovation can be leveraged to improve product and service innovation. He also advises clients on the necessary cultural and management readiness changes that they must embrace in order to make open innovation initiatives successful. Doug is also a recognized thought leader on the subject of co-creation, particularly with respect to the use of social technologies to involve consumers and/or customers throughout the product development process.
Previously, Doug led Forrester's North American coverage of consumer broadband and communications. Doug came to Forrester through its acquisition of JupiterResearch, where he led research in the same area. He has been quoted in major media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
Doug was the founder and president of DSW Consulting, a consulting firm focusing on regulation, economics, and public policy in the telecommunications market. He analyzed regulatory issues and markets, prepared expert witness testimony, and provided regulatory consulting and litigation assistance to public- and private-sector clients. His areas of expertise included local wireline competition policy and market analysis, market structure, broadband and VoIP services, and price cap and other forms of alternative telecommunications regulation. Before that, he was vice president and partner at Economics and Technology, a Boston-based research and consulting firm specializing in telecommunications regulation.
Doug holds a B.A. in economics, cum laude, from Brandeis University.

Part 3 Of A Three-Part Series On Why Key IT Roles Fail
Certain roles in IT can significantly change the organization for good or bad. Through a combination of surveys, interviews, and consulting engagements, we gathered in-depth information on the common...
Assessment Framework: The Social Business And Collaboration Playbook
Companies have been investing in collaboration tools for 15 years or more, yet email is still the most commonly used tool. New social tools that dramatically improve the flow of information and...
Policy And Procedures: The S&R Practice Playbook
Over recent years, the information security industry has matured nicely; experts and associations have documented many best practice models, and their adoption has been widespread. It's disconcerting...
Benchmark: The Business Technology Resiliency Playbook
This report outlines Forrester's solution for infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders to benchmark the performance of their business continuity (BC) programs as part of their broader business...

Employees' Choices And Dollars Dictate The Rise Of Android And Apple Devices
More than half of US information workers pay for their smartphones and monthly plans, and three-quarters pick the smartphone they want rather than accept IT's choice. What does consumerization's...
Seven Critical Executive-Level Metrics For CISOs And The Business
The ability to communicate effectively has always been a core competency for any business executive, and today's chief information security officer (CISO) is fast becoming a business executive. The...
These data charts are based on the Q2 2011 Global Forrester/IQPC Business Process Maturity Online Survey.
An Improving Mobility Infrastructure And Ecosystem, Combined With Business And Workforce Demand, Is Fueling Growth
The enterprise mobility market presents a huge opportunity for tech vendors in India, especially for telcos and systems integrators (SIs). Mobility is among the top priorities for business...

These data charts present the results of Forrester's 2011 BPM Center Of Excellence Online Survey.
Securing The Right Partnership Model Will Be Critical To Success
China's public cloud market is expecting strong growth until 2020. However, the combination of opaque Chinese government policies, unique business culture, and rapidly evolving perceptions of cloud...

Global Firms Assemble Custom Apps To Support Key Processes
Manufacturers in mature industries such as automotive or more recently aerospace have evolved from making every component to focusing on market requirements and designing and managing "bought in"...
Six Percent Of IT Operating And Capital Budgets Goes To BC/DR
According to Forrester's recent survey of 2,803 IT decision-makers, improving their business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) capabilities is the No. 1 priority for SMBs and the second...