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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.
Market Heat Returns After A Prolonged Cooldown
Forrester surveyed 29 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2012 deals. The results indicate a growing market: We counted nearly 20% more deals in 2012 than in 2011 among firms that...

Performance Management: The Lead-To-Revenue Playbook
The seminal idea behind lead-to-revenue management (L2RM) was the need to calibrate marketing's activities (and budget) to the result of revenue generation. But effective performance management of...

Inject Customer Experience Insights Into Pricing Decisions
Pricing can make or break the customer experience (CX). However, most voice of the customer (VoC) programs don't deliver comprehensive data on customers' perception of pricing. This report will show...


Freeware solutions, device proliferation, consumerization, the app Internet, and new entrants offering adjacent consumer privacy and security offerings have and will continue to change consumer...
This report is designed to give sales enablement professionals an introduction to the frontline sales manager role as well as an overview of the general concerns facing people in this position. A...

This report is designed to give sales enablement professionals an introduction to the vice president (VP) of sales role as well as an overview of the general concerns facing people in this position....

Understanding Who Chooses And Who Pays For Devices That Span Business And Personal Tasks
The spreading bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon has created a more complex landscape of tech buying. But traditional divisions between consumer tech purchases and business tech purchases still...
ForecastView Spreadsheet
Sales and installed base for tablet and eReader devices as well as book market spending. Breaks out installed base of consumer- and business-owned tablets and new and replacement tablet sales. Also...
Service Provider Market Dynamics Will Muddy The Channel Ecosystem
An inflection point has surfaced in the managed service provider (MSP) market. Tech vendors must awaken to the revolution that is swiftly taking shape in the ecosystem as cloud computing adoption...

Road Map: The Channel Partner Loyalty Playbook
In this report, we present a compendious road map to guide you through the steps to build a partner loyalty program or to revamp an existing one. Follow this road map — and the companion...

These data charts present the results of Forrester's H2 2012 Asia Pacific Tech Distributor Business Confidence Index Tracker Survey.
Landscape: The Strategic Software Sourcing Playbook
This report describes the software pricing and licensing landscape and explains why it makes it so important for sourcing and vendor management executives to implement Forrester's strategic software...
Channel Partners' Plans And Needs For Business Model Transformation
As technologies and tech decision-makers' needs evolve at a livelier pace, channel professionals need to consider channel partners' perceptions and investment plans and develop their own game plan to...

This results chain toolkit is a companion tool for the processes module of Forrester's lead-to-revenue playbook. Forrester recommends that B2B marketing leaders use a results chain model to frame and...

This provisional lead-to-revenue process catalog is a companion tool for the processes module of Forrester's lead-to-revenue playbook. Designed to jump-start your own process documentation, it...

Becoming A Trusted Marketing Advisor Requires Focus And Follow-Through
B2B partner marketers are tasked with improving the marketing prowess of their partner communities, but progress has been slow to date. With the rise of social media and avant-garde digital marketing...

This self-assessment tool helps you review your current industry analyst relations (AR) program, analyze its weaknesses, and identify what you need to change if your program is to join the best. The...

Channel Ecosystem Entropy Diminishes Results
In this economic climate of scrutinized marketing budgets and demonstrable return on investment (ROI) expectations, business-to-business (B2B) marketers need to make sure that they're doing the right...
Which Channels Are Customers Sourcing From?
In 2010, Forrester published a report on channel sweet spots to address how small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) source their software needs. Two years later, we're revisiting this topic to...

The BT Governance Collection: Practitioners' Experiences
As technologies and markets change rapidly, senior executives need to revisit traditional IT governance. They need to identify and deploy next-generation practices to support the CIO's transition...

Product Strategists Must Broaden Wearables' Appeal Beyond Fitness
Wearable devices are part of the next wave of growth and innovation in personal computing, a phenomenon we call "smart body, smart world." Wearables could target any use case, from gaming to...
But Marketing Cannot Take On This Issue Alone
Research conducted over the past years indicates that B2B customers perceive their experiences to be worse than those delivered by bottom-of-the-barrel consumer industries such as TV service...
The ASEAN3 countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines) represent 78% of the IT spending of the ASEAN countries excluding Singapore. Indonesia and the Philippines will experience dynamic...
Strategic Plan: The Industry Analyst Relations Playbook
Analyst relations (AR) managers constantly ask us how to prove the value of their AR programs. Worryingly, so do some of their bosses. Unfortunately, many struggle because they didn't build plans to...
