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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.
Landscape: The Strategic Software Sourcing Playbook
This report describes the software pricing and licensing landscape and explains why it makes it so important for sourcing and vendor management executives to implement Forrester's strategic software...
Vision: The Strategic Software Sourcing Playbook
This report describes Forrester's vision of strategic software sourcing for sourcing and vendor management (SVM) executives. It is more difficult than ever for software sourcing professionals to meet...
Metrics: The Strategic Software Sourcing Playbook
This report describes the metrics that form part of Forrester's solution for sourcing and vendor management (SVM) executives who are moving to strategic software sourcing. Too many sourcing...

Landscape: The Strategic Software Sourcing Playbook
'Ariba, An SAP Company' Faces Many Challenges But Will Do Better Than SAP's Previous ePurchasing Acquisition
SAP's proposed $4.3 billion acquisition of Ariba has shaken the ePurchasing market. Customers of both companies want to know if their products face an uncertain future, since it's unlikely that SAP...

Executive Overview: The Strategic Software Sourcing Playbook
This report outlines how sourcing and vendor management (SVM) executives can implement Forrester's strategic software sourcing model. Our research has shown us that transactional procurement is...

Assessment: The Strategic Software Sourcing Playbook
Does your organization already practice strategic software sourcing, or is it still relying on reactive procurement? This report explains how to assess your software sourcing team's current state so...
