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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.

Health plans want to engage consumers, but are their communications getting through? Consumers want control over their communications preferences, and only a third say that health plans do a good job...
eCommerce Continues To Grow In Overall Importance To The Retail Landscape In Europe
European online retail sales grew by 18% from 2009 to 2010 and are expected to grow 13% in 2011. In the coming five years, the number of online buyers in Europe will grow from 157 million to 205...
Forrester conducted a face-to-face survey fielded from May to July 2012 of 6,109 individuals ages 16 to 75 in the top urban cities in Brazil (including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Porto...
Forrester Applies Its Website Functionality Benchmark Methodology To The Sites Of Five European Luxury Fashion Brands
Forrester evaluated the transactional websites of five European luxury fashion brands — Burberry, Dolce&Gabbana, Gucci, Hermes, and Louis Vuitton — using our Website Functionality...

In Q3 2010, Forrester Research and the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) partnered to survey 1,461 business analysts (BAs), systems analysts, software requirements engineers, and...
Forrester conducted an online survey fielded in July and August 2012 of 6,008 individuals ages 16 to 75 in top urban areas/provinces of Argentina and top urban areas/states of Brazil and Mexico. In...
Forrester conducted an online survey fielded in July 2011 of 1,007 US individuals ages 18 to 88 with investable assets of $1 million or more. For results based on a randomly chosen sample of this...
This set of data charts, taken from the November 2010 Global master Data Management Online Survey, analyzes data from 134 MDM-savvy IT professionals in five distinct industries-- healthcare; the...
Baseline Spending Allocation Figures For Comparison
During this time of year, Forrester receives a large number of requests for information about IT budget allocations. As CIOs and their planning teams engage in creating next year's IT budget, it is...
Service Providers Offer New Models To Address Emerging Buyer Needs For Cloud
Forrester recently interviewed leading services providers around their offerings built for XaaS technologies (i.e., software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, and testing-as-a-service). We also...
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...

Our research tells us that people love ratings and reviews. In fact, they rely on them for a majority of purchases. However, the days of simple stars and paragraphs are long gone. The use of ratings...
ForecastView Spreadsheet
Online Retail Spending Forecast (Western Europe): Online retail spending by 22 retail categories for each of the 17 Western European countries. Includes online buyers and average online spending by...
Wallet Share Shifts Online As Shoppers Embrace Retailers' Multichannel, Promotional Approaches
The 2010 online retail season represented a continuation of the midrecession progress that was made in 2009, with sales growing at or above Forrester's projected 16%. Black Friday and Cyber Monday...
Forrester conducted a mail survey fielded from May to July 2011 of 10,802 US households and individuals ages 18 and older. Fieldwork in Canada was delayed due to a national postal workers' strike and...