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As a consumer insights analyst at Forrester Research, Gina focuses on consumer technology usage and adoption, retail habits, and online behaviors. She works extensively with Forrester's Consumer Technographics® data to understand the role that technology plays in consumers' lives and advises companies on marketing strategies that cater to consumers' rapidly changing preferences and behaviors. Gina’s research agenda focuses on consumer trends, quantitative market research techniques, behavioral economics for market insights, and the merging of market insights and behavioral data. As she has a quantitative background, Gina uses innovative consumer analytics techniques that provide her clients with actionable insights. She helps Forrester clients map their customer journey, segment their customers, and understand the drivers of purchase and loyalty.
Before working as a consumer insights analyst, Gina was a senior strategic analyst at Mullen advertising. At Mullen, Gina provided the strategic and analytical support to solve business challenges, identify market-sizing opportunities, and frame positioning and communication strategy. She served several clients across many industries, including JetBlue, Qwest, and the Department of Defense. Her focus at Mullen included customer relationship management (CRM) strategy and implementation, media mix optimization, quantitative modeling, and conjoint analysis.
Prior to Mullen, Gina worked as a consultant at IHS Global Insight, an economic research and consulting firm. At IHS Global Insight, Gina worked in the consulting division to provide market insights and economic analysis to clients in numerous industries including construction, chemicals, durable goods, and finance. During her time at IHS Global Insight, Gina focused on demand modeling, forecasting, and scenario planning.
Gina graduated with high honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara, earning a B.A. in business economics and global studies. She also holds an M.A. in economics from Boston University.
The Majority Of The Vendors Are Leaders In This Emerging Market
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Identifying The Best Partner Choices For ISVs And Service Providers
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Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies, And Temenos Lead, With SAP, Oracle, FIS, and Polaris Software Lab Pursuing Fast
Forrester evaluated world-leading banking platform products across 80 criteria and found that Infosys Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and Temenos are in the Leader category. Infosys...
Layer 7, Vordel, IBM, and Forum Systems Lead, With Intel Close Behind
In Forrester's 45-criteria evaluation of service-oriented architecture (SOA) application gateway vendors, we found that Layer 7 Technologies (Layer 7), Vordel, IBM, and Forum Systems lead the pack...
Adobe, Cisco, IBM, And Microsoft Lead In The Web Meeting Scenario
In Forrester's 60-criteria evaluation of Web conferencing vendors, we found that traditional vendors Adobe, Cisco, IBM Sametime, and Microsoft's two offerings led the pack because of their breadth...
What were the selection criteria for inclusion in Forrester's September 21, 2011, "The Forrester Wave: Marketing Mix Modeling, Q3 2011" report.
How The Top 10 Providers Stack Up In A Newly Divided Market
Demand for business agility fuels adoption of Agile development techniques that can deliver differentiating business technology (BT) solutions within accelerated time frames. Agile development...

Software AG, Progress Software, IBM, And SOA Software Lead; Oracle, WSO2, And Tibco Software Have Strong Solutions
In Forrester's 121-criteria evaluation of integrated service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance vendors, we found that Software AG, Progress Software (Progress), IBM, and SOA Software lead the...

In A Rapidly Changing Market, Forrester Sees Increasing Vendor Differentiation
To help clients with complex, enterprisewide salesforce.com initiatives, Forrester recently evaluated the offerings of 11 leading service providers. In this 46-criteria evaluation of salesforce.com...
Pegasystems And IBM Lead, With EMC, Appian, Singularity, And Global 360 Close Behind
In Forrester's 57-criteria evaluation of dynamic case management (DCM) vendors, Pegasystems, IBM, EMC, Appian, Singularity, and Global 360 led with the most dynamic, visionary platforms. Pegasystems...
