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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.
Phase In Key UC Applications To Accelerate Business Benefits
Unified communications (UC) continues to expand, according to Forrester's 2010 survey of telecom decision-makers in North America and Europe. UC is the enabling platform for the integration of...

Communications-As-A-Service Generates High Interest And Will Soon Displace Premises-Based Alternatives
Video-As-A-Service Will Accelerate Video Into The Business Mainstream
Use of video for business communication is expanding at some companies and stagnant at others. The more that information workers use desktop (and handheld) video solutions, the more they expect video...
Are there many large, global companies that are deploying voice over Wi-Fi, and if so, are they deploying 802.11n in the 5 GHz frequency to support current and future voice deployments and leaving...
But They Are Poorly Positioned For The Larger Value-Added Service Opportunity
Telcos face increasing pressure on traditional voice revenues and seek new revenues from services leveraging existing assets. Machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies, including radio frequency...

No Dominant Market Leaders Today, But Front-Runners Are CSC And Rackspace
Forrester's Forrsights Hardware Survey, Q3 2012 showed that 46% of enterprises are prioritizing investments in private clouds in 2013. While slightly more than half plan to build a private cloud in...

Utility IT Professionals Must Deploy Smart Grid IT To Enable A Smarter Grid
The smart grid market is ramping up quickly. This market will reach tens of billions of dollars in the next three years. The top three areas of investment are generation and distribution, customer...

VPLS Growth Drives Momentum As Half Of US Firms Adopt Carrier Ethernet
Half of all North American enterprises are now deploying carrier Ethernet services, with particular interest in VPLS-based Ethernet LAN (E-LAN) services. However, not all service providers are the...
The increasing penetration of smartphones among mobile subscribers and booming online retail are driving the adoption of mobile payments in China. It's crucial for infrastructure and operations (I&O)...
This is Part 2 of 2 in the TEM Vendor Overview Series
The ability to support and secure multiple device endpoints per user escalates to the point where mobile device management will be a required service within the TEM offering. Look for vendor...
Telcos Should Provide Wholesale Infrastructure For Cloud Services
Telcos can grow their revenue base beyond access and transport to offer a range of wholesale services that many cloud service providers (CSPs) may lack the ability or skills to build themselves....

Vendors Will Differentiate Mobile App Stores Through Comprehensive Offers
Corporate mobile technology for enterprise IT is increasingly complex. More employees are using personally owned smartphones and tablets at work, and firms are leveraging an array of mobile...

Communications-As-A-Service Generates High Interest And Will Soon Displace Premises-Based Alternatives
Communications-as-a-service (CaaS) shares many attributes with other as-a-service offerings in its pricing model and delivers voice, conferencing, contact center, IVR, and unified communications...
Growing pressure to quickly control mobile communication environments and capture immediate cost management means that telecom expense management (TEM) strategies often sacrifice long-term...