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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.
An Empowered Report: Understanding The Mobile Behavior Of Your Target Audience
The first step in building or refining a mobile strategy is understanding the mobile behaviors of your target audience. Mobile Technographics offers consumer product strategists a means of obtaining...
For the handheld devices (mobile phones, Android tablets, iPads, etc.) that will support 802.11n, will they support MIMO or just use single antennas? Is the answer different for phones versus other...
What are the trends in consumer usage of Mi-Fi Routers (compact wireless routers that act as mobile Wi-Fi hotspots)?

Today Google announced its Google Wallet product, along with partners Sprint, Citi, MasterCard, and First Data (Forrester clients can read our more detailed take on this announcement here). While...
How did the four major cell phone carriers (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint) perform in gross adds over the past three quarters (i.e., new activations for Q4 2010 through Q2 2011)?
An Empowered Report: Understanding The Mobile Behavior Of Your Target Audience
The first step in building or refining a mobile strategy is understanding the mobile behaviors of your target audience. In April 2009, Forrester first published Mobile Technographics, offering...
What is the penetration of mobile Internet usage?
Redmond Will See Little Revenue, But Integrating Skype Will Bolster Products
Microsoft announced its decision to purchase voice over IP (VoIP) innovator Skype for a jaw-dropping $8.5 billion, acquiring 660 million users around the world — though barely 1% of these are...
Product Strategists Face A New Competitive Landscape
Verizon Wireless today announced that it would begin selling the iPhone to the public on February 10. This much anticipated expiration of AT&T's exclusive agreement with Apple changes the competitive...
What are the future trends associated with: 1) mobile over-the-air transmission to mobile devices (local TV), and 2) adoption and road map of mobile devices equipped with over-the-air tuners?
1. Who controls wireless broadband? Who are the players? What does the marketplace look like? 2. What are the future trends for broadband traffic (e.g., Netflix accounts for 30% of US web traffic)?
Use Voice Interaction Technology As A Product Differentiator
Voice interaction technology has made steady advances both in quality and breadth of application in recent years. Product strategists should seize the opportunity to selectively integrate voice into...
At today’s Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple unveiled iCloud, the company’s long-expected solution for the multi-device, multi-connection world. With iCloud, Apple has liberated its...
Apple's Cross-Device Product Strategy Drives Product Differentiation And Customer Loyalty
Let's face it: Many observers, anticipating a redesign and a raft of hardware innovations, reacted with disappointment to Apple's iPhone 4S unveiling. Does it matter? No. Why? Because Apple launched...
An Empowered Report: Understanding The Mobile Behavior Of Your Target Audience
The first step in building or refining a mobile strategy is understanding the mobile behaviors of your target audience. In April 2009, Forrester introduced Mobile Technographics, allowing companies...
Their Market Disrupted, Both Require Differentiation To Succeed
Nokia, its once-leading global smartphone market share declining rapidly, announced that it will shift from its own Symbian platform to Microsoft's Windows Phone platform in an attempt to regain...

Understanding Global Smartphone Adoption Today And Tomorrow
In a global population that exceeds 5 billion subscriptions, consumer product strategists recognize that smartphones are a niche today. Yet in the US and in some European countries, smartphone...
Does Forrester think that the Win7 smartphones will establish a significant share of market?
When will we see mobile and home telephone numbers (E.164 numbers) replaced by addresses, such as a SIP address? The UK Payments Council is proposing to use a mobile number as a unique identifier in...
To the surprise of no one, Apple today announced its new iPhone 5. Given that the iPhone 5 is unlikely to solve the European debt crisis or bring peace to the Middle East, it won’t be...
On Sunday AT&T announced its intent to spend $39 billion in cash and stock to purchase T-Mobile USA, the #4 wireless operator in the US. The move, much like Cingular’s 2004 acquisition of AT&T...
With Apple's launch of the iPhone 5 and myriad new device announcements from Amazon, HTC, Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung, we pointed out that these devices are just one element of a broader...
The outpouring of remembrance and appreciation of Steve Jobs reflects the breadth of his influence: on technology, on industries ranging from music to retail, on consumer behavior, and on individuals...
Strategic Plan: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook
Mobile is hot, but too many executives take a backward approach to developing a mobile initiative and begin with technology decisions such as "We need an iPhone application" or "Let's do something...