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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.
The Emergence Of Pay-Per-Use Models Increases Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Adoption Rate
The devastation of Japan's largest earthquake and tsunami has forced Japanese firms to focus on and invest in business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR). Prior to the earthquake, many...
As part of my ongoing research into data privacy laws in Asia Pacific (AP), I spoke with chief information security officers (CISOs), consultants, lawyers, and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC)...
Industry Changes Will Drive Opportunities For Vendors
The business process outsourcing (BPO) adoption rate among Japanese organizations has always lagged that of North America and Western Europe, despite the relative maturity of the Japanese market. But...

The Emergence Of Pay-Per-Use Models Increases Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Adoption Rate
This document provides an overview of cloud computing end user adoption trends in Japan for vendor strategists. The report is based on findings from a cloud computing survey targeting Japanese...
Providers Must Address Energy Efficiency And Governance To Thrive
Over the past 18 months, all of the significant data center players in the Japanese market -- telcos, vendors, service providers, and systems integrators (SIs) -- have been aggressively investing in...
Ten Key Lessons That Can Help You Strengthen Your Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Plans
Earthquakes, tornadoes, monsoons, hurricanes, flooding, and other severe natural disasters have brought alarming devastation to regions around the world over the past several years. As the human,...
Be Ready To Comply With Dynamic Regulatory Changes
Understanding the laws and regulations that govern data privacy across your organization is critical for any company, but it can be challenging. As a result, too many security and risk (S&R)...
Channel Partners Are Redefining Their Roles To Compete In A Changing Market
Japan is the second-largest IT market in the world after the US, and its channel ecosystem is increasingly becoming broader and more complex. This report provides vendor strategists with an analysis...
