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In her role as an analyst, Roxana focuses on technology's impact on the market research industry. She tracks emerging and innovative research methodologies, such as social market research, mobile research, neuroscience, and prediction markets, and helps clients understand how to incorporate them into their research mix and combine them with traditional research methods. In addition, she leads all the data innovation efforts at Forrester, where she tests and seeks to understand which data sources, research methodologies, and frameworks are appropriate to help clients gain an intricate, 360-degree view of the consumer.
She is also an expert on Latin American consumer behavior and technology adoption and is responsible for managing Forrester's Latin American Technographics® research. She frequently advises clients on entering the Latin American market, understanding Latin American consumer segments, and increasing their visibility in this fast-changing region.
Roxana has spoken at numerous Forrester events and market-research-focused conferences, such as the Insights Innovation Exchange, Future of Consumer Intelligence, Market Research in a Mobile World and The Market Research Event. In addition, she has spoken at several conferences specializing in understanding the Latin American market, including ESOMAR's Latin American conference, Portada's Pan-Regional Advertising and Media Summit, and Ciab FEBRABAN. Her research has been cited in AdAge, the UK's Research, and was also highlighted in the book Latino Link: Building Brands Online with Hispanic Communities and Content.
Since she started at Forrester in 2006, Roxana has specialized in advising research and clients on sound survey design and data collection methodologies and on using advanced analytic tools on our Consumer Technographics data as well as on custom research surveys. Prior to her current role, Roxana was a senior survey manager and previously a data advisor with Consumer Technographics. In both roles, she used her expertise to deliver value to clients of all industries, from consumer electronics to advertising and media companies, through customized analysis and application of Consumer Technographics data.
Roxana received her B.S. in psychology from The Florida State University and an M.A. in psychology from The College of William and Mary.
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Vision: The Industry Analyst Relations Playbook
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Hi everyone, In an effort to continue to improve the community experience and deliver value to all of our members, we have launched a member feedback survey. The survey will take approximately 8...
AR's Measurement And Achievement Of Sales Contribution Is Improving
Myriad options puzzle industry analyst relations (AR) professionals as they try to measure the value they bring to high-tech vendors and to deliver consistently against related targets. A Forrester...
This is a great prep doc; the one recommendation that jumped off the page for me was to "address likely evaluation criteria year-round." That should be a mantra incorporated into every vendor's AR...
As I listened to Kevin Lucas conduct a great webinar today (slideware issues aside), I was simultaneously watching the twitter stream at #vendorbriefings. And I was struck by the fact that there is...
We’re about to embark on some research into analyst tiering and we’d be very interested in your perspective on a couple of questions that will shape any resultant report. At the moment, we’re...
Forrester has published a lot of research on best practices in briefing analyst firms. However, I cannot seem to find what may appear as basic information on the subject. Can anyone share an outline...
Not asking for actual numbers... but what is the ratio of PR (counting agency people) to AR people (also counting agency) in your company? 2:1? 3:1? etc.?
On the surface, the primary aim of industry analyst relations (AR) — to influence analysts — is unachievable. The analysts say vendors can't influence them, AR can't buy desired influence...
Hello,One thing that we are grappling with currently is the extent to which Tweeting/LinkIn/Other posts should be encouraged at Analyst Days (Summits). Given the nature of information shared (often...
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Good advice that applies to analyst strategies beyond major evaluations.
Influence: The Industry Analyst Relations Playbook
Most valuable AR programs rely, sometimes exclusively, on analysts enhancing the commercial fortunes of the vendors by influencing marketplace players like buyers, partners, journalists, and...

hi - i was looking around for this doc on forrester, but came up empty. can anyone point me to it?thanks
Professional measurement is an integral part of fully professional AR; it is not optional. But AR managers get confused about who the measurements are for, as well as what measurements to take, how...

So glad this happened and hope this will help and benefit other AR professionals and their programs.
Customer reference programs are crucial to AR programs that target client advocate analysts — those who guide users and buyers. Yet AR managers report difficulty in connecting analysts to...
See the post here: The hype cycle of Vendor Briefing Requests
Supporting Sales Is The Hardest Challenge For AR
A bewildering array of options besets industry analyst relations (AR) as it tries to identify the value it can bring to a high-tech supplier. A recent Forrester survey shows that AR reports fair...
We’re weighing what AR could give to a sales force in the form of dedicated sales tools. I recognise that AR can provide research, or research summaries. But I’m wondering what deeper tools AR people...
For smaller firms with a limited budget, how should they balance working with analyst firms such as Gartner and Forrester which have extensive interactions with buyers vs analyst firms who work...