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Julie serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals. Julie's 25 years of work experience is balanced between the engineering and management consulting work she did in the first half of her career and her work as an analyst for the past 12 years. The combination of technical and business expertise positions prepared her well to work with business leaders to identify new opportunities offered by mobile technology and to develop strategies to engage with consumers on mobile devices. She has worked with hundreds of clients across retail, travel, banking, insurance, CPG, healthcare, retail, and more to advise and guide the development of their mobile strategies.
Julie's research and analysis have been widely cited in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, BusinessWeek, RCR Wireless, and The Onion and on CBS, NBC, and PBS.
Prior to becoming an analyst, Julie worked at a contextual services mobile startup in San Francisco and prior to that at Booz Allen & Hamilton.
Julie holds a B.S.E.E. and a Master of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She also holds an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.
Forrester Applies Its Website Functionality Benchmark Methodology To The Sites Of Four US Mass Merchants
In the large-format mass merchant sector, Wal-Mart and Target have successfully implemented market-leading online retail functionality and connected consumer touchpoints to enhance their customer...

Inhibitors Of Online Shopping Behavior In Europe
Even during the economic recession, online sales have kept growing as have online buyers: We project that 153 million Europeans will shop online in 2010. Despite this growth, 31% of online adults are...
Social media is transforming the way European online buyers interact with each other and consume content. Online buyers are using social media to connect with their peers and, to a much lesser...
Forrester Applies Its Website Functionality Benchmark Methodology To The Sites Of Five Top Apparel Brands
Forrester evaluated the transactional websites of five European apparel retailers — Zara, H&M, Promod, Miss Sixty, and Topshop — using our Website Functionality Benchmark methodology. The...
Forrester Applies Its Website Functionality Benchmark Methodology To The Sites Of Five Top Outdoor Apparel Brands
Forrester evaluated the websites of the five largest US outdoor retailers — Lands' End, L.L.Bean, Eddie Bauer, Orvis, and Sierra Trading Post — using our Website Functionality Benchmark...
Consumers Have Embraced All Touchpoints, And So Should eBusiness Professionals
Today, European consumers face a wide range of touchpoints and have adopted a complex purchasing journey. These consumers use more than one channel to research and buy a product, and they are...
Top UK Grocers
Forrester evaluated the grocery Web sites of the four largest UK grocers — Asda, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Waitrose — using our Web Site Functionality Benchmark methodology. The results:...
Forrester Applies Its Website Functionality Benchmark Methodology To The Sites Of Four Online Travel Agencies
In the highly competitive world of the four major online travel agencies (OTAs), Travelocity pulls ahead of the pack with its content and messaging functionality. Its site excelled in offering...

Forrester Applies Its Website Functionality Benchmark To The Sites Of Four US Online Grocery Stores
Forrester evaluated the grocery websites of the four most frequently used online grocers based on Forrester Consumer Technographics® data — AmazonFresh, FreshDirect, Peapod, and Safeway...

Forrester Applies Its Website Functionality Benchmark Methodology To The Sites Of Four US Luxury Department Stores
Forrester applied its Website Functionality Benchmark evaluation methodology to the top four US luxury department stores: Barneys New York, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, and Saks Fifth Avenue. These...
