Julie A. Ask

Vice President, Principal Analyst serving eBusiness & Channel Strategy PROFESSIONALS

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.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to becoming an analyst, Julie worked at a contextual services mobile startup in San Francisco and prior to that at Booz Allen & Hamilton.


Education

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.

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  • Julie A. Ask
  • Application Development
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:A Systematic Approach To Mobile Strategy

    Strategic Plan: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook

    Mobile is hot, but too many executives take a backward approach to developing a mobile initiative and begin with technology decisions such as "We need an iPhone application" or "Let's do something...

    • Downloads: 4182
  • For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

    Report:The Future Of Mobile Application Development

    Vision: The Mobile App Development Playbook

    With more than 1 billion smartphones worldwide, and tablets numbering in the hundreds of millions, the scope of the mobile revolution rivals that of the move from monolithic systems to client/server...

    • Downloads: 1368
    • Comments: 1
    • Rating:
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Digital Marketing: The Future Of Mobile Is Context

    Mobile Transforms How Interactive Marketers Engage With Customers

    Consumers will adopt and use convenient services and products. On mobile phones, this means services that offer immediacy and simplicity through a highly contextual experience. Context — the...

    • Downloads: 1396
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:Engaging Smartphone Users

    Why Designing Strategies For High-End Mobile Devices Makes Sense

    With 4 billion cell phones and 1 billion PCs in the world, cell phones are clearly the next digital frontier for companies looking to engage with their customers in a more persistent and personalized...

    • Downloads: 1250
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:Mobile Technologies That Drive Sales

    Tools And Technology: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook

    New phone features and capabilities are cropping up seemingly by the day. At the same time, this fast-paced change is dramatically affecting how eBusiness professionals interact with their teams and...

    • Downloads: 1325
    • Rating:
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:How To Prepare For Mobile Total Product Experiences

    Designing For Mobile In The Era Of Experience

    Mobile is the most transformational technology since the Internet. The phone has evolved from a single-purpose handset offering telephony services over copper wires to a wireless handheld computer...

    • Downloads: 1271
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:Creating A Mobile Services Product Road Map

    A Framework For Prioritizing Proposed Mobile Services Offerings

    "How do I prioritize the buildout of our mobile services?" is a question we hear often from clients. Forrester offers a mobile services prioritization framework to help companies develop a short-,...

    • Downloads: 1091
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:The State Of Mobile Technology Adoption

    A Benchmarking Guide For eBusiness Professionals

    Mobile technology for both hardware and software is experiencing a frenetic pace of change. What table stakes or "being in the game" means is constantly moving. eBusiness professionals have procured...

    • Downloads: 1027
    • Rating:
  • Report:Augmented Reality: Emerging Tools To Explore

    eBusiness Pros Should Evaluate The Use Of Mobile Augmented Reality To Simplify Services

    Mobile augmented reality (AR) is on the verge of becoming a powerful tool that eBusiness professionals can use to engage consumers all the way through their purchase journey. The use of augmented...

    • Downloads: 628
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  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:How eBusiness Professionals Can Offer Total Mobile Experiences

    How To Prepare For Mobile Total Product Experiences

    Mobile is evolving at a breakneck pace — and as a result, it no longer belongs as a secondary consideration within the organization's larger strategy. Unlike in prior iterations of the mobile...

    • Downloads: 403
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:Mobile Maturity Equates To Mobile Competency

    Assessment: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook

    eBusiness professionals began in earnest to develop mobile services with the launch of the Apple App Store in 2008. They now have four-plus years of experience under their belts. Initially they...

    • Downloads: 308
    • Comments: 1
    • Rating:
 
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