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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.
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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.
A Total Economic Impact™ Analysis Uncovers That For Most Companies Leasing A Data Center Is More Economical Than Building One
Data centers are running low on space, power, and cooling. When it comes time to provision new data center capacity, IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals are faced with the critical...
This model is designed to function as a decision tool for planning enterprise storage refresh strategy. Given a set of assumptions, a firm can use this tool to model and compare two scenarios for...
This is a workbook to help you analyze the TEI of building versus leasing a data center.