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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.
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...
Use Industry Standard Metrics And Thresholds For Guidance
Sourcing and vendor management (SVM) professionals at large multinational companies (MNCs) want to ensure that global service-level agreements (SLAs) for managed network services are as strong as...
Vision: The Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing Playbook
This report outlines Forrester's vision for communications technology and services sourcing. To ensure effective sourcing of telecommunications and mobility (T&M) services, IT sourcing and vendor...


Skills And Staffing: The Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing Playbook
IT departments tasked with managing their firm's video estate face rising levels of complexity with the emergence of high-end telepresence solutions. Business stakeholders are demanding support for...
Build FMC Into Your Unified Communications Sourcing Strategy
The key benefits of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) are simple to understand: a) avoid duplicating costs for voice infrastructure by taking away desk phones for employees who aren't using them anyway,...
It Empowers The Workforce, But Puts Pressure On Security And Risk
Clients often ask Forrester why they should pay for desktop video solutions when there are free consumer market solutions that could be available to everyone in the organization. This is a valid...
Are unified communications (UC) components being sold as standalone offerings? Maybe it goes against the idea of "unified," but does Forrester see a trend of buying only one component or feature set...
Who are the leading VNOC providers? Are there any factors distinguishing these leaders? Can you explain the VNOC industry? Can you touch on VNOC maturity, adoption, benefits, and drawbacks? What...
The European Technographics Consumer Technology Online Survey, Q4 2010, surveyed 14,363 respondents in the seven markets of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. This...
Multiflavor Options Build On BT's Ribbit Platform And Technology Partnerships
BT was a pioneer of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), launching the first commercial offer in the UK in 2005 for consumers and small business. At the root of BT's early market leadership for FMC...
Prepare For The Implications Of Over-The-Top Communications
Telecom carriers' core revenue base, voice and messaging, is under attack from the over-the-top (OTT) business model. Given the financial importance of voice and messaging revenues for carriers, they...

Global Firms Will Want Multiple Service Models For Unified Communications
If you haven't done so yet, defining a global strategy for sourcing unified communications (UC) services should top your H1 2012 to-do list. UC will hit mainstream adoption by large multinational...
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...
How To Manage Public UC Based On Skype And Mitigate Risk
Infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals who manage unified communications (UC) must decide how to incorporate public connections based on Skype software. HEROes in today's enterprises...
Several forces are slowly transforming the stable but growing market for IT infrastructure services in Europe, including the rising profile of offshore suppliers, maturing global delivery,...
As Carriers Move To Embrace OTT, Enterprises Will Benefit
Over the top (OTT), the network-agnostic delivery of digital services, marks an important shift in the delivery and consumption of information and communications technology (ICT) services. OTT breaks...

Skype And Others Will Benefit From Apple's New iPhone 4 Hardware
Creating a successful strategy for consumer video telephony has eluded everyone bar Skype. Even the telecommunications industry itself has failed with this particular communications product:...
How are my peers managing the costs of VoIP?