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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.
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Slow Adoption Of Newer Product Means Changes Likely In Oracle's Strategy
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Using Social Computing To Collaborate With Customers In New Ways
The social web phenomenon — which Forrester calls Social Computing — forces business process professionals to expand their thinking about how their companies can and should engage with...
Vision: The CRM Playbook
The only source of competitive advantage is the one that can survive technology-fueled disruption: an obsession with understanding, connecting with, serving, and delighting customers. But as...

Twelve Trends Drive Planning For Customer-Centric Process Transformation
The fundamental business needs that drive the requirement for effective and efficient customer management practices remain unchanged for 2011: acquiring new customers; building tighter bonds of...
Many Choices With Robust Functionality And Sensible Price Points
Forrester evaluated 19 leading customer relationship management (CRM) suite solutions against 516 criteria reflecting the requirements of midsized organizations. We found that vendors in the Leader...
Solutions To Support Key Customer-Facing Business Processes
Forrester reviewed 24 CRM suite solutions to understand their strengths and weaknesses in supporting 10 key cross-functional processes in the retail and wholesale trade: 1) trade promotion; 2)...
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Tools And Technology: The CRM Playbook
Traversing the customer relationship management (CRM) technology landscape is challenging — particularly due to the rise of social computing, the increasing adoption of software-as-a-service...
Our organization uses Oracle CRM On Demand. We currently divide the CRM administrator function between two organizations: one in the front office and one in operations. Do you have suggestions or...
Forrester’s best practices framework for CRM defines the critical capabilities necessary for building high-quality customer relationships. The framework distills findings from our interviews...
Oracle Customers Face A Choice: Stay With Apps They Have And Miss Out On Innovation Or Make The Painful Switch To Fusion
Oracle faces a strategic dilemma, and how it responds to this dilemma will present the CIOs at its clients with some tough choices. Oracle Fusion Applications — Oracle's new generation of...

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