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Stephen serves Application Development & Delivery Professionals. He is a leading expert on technologies to support online customer experiences, including web content management, digital asset management, and personalization. Stephen helps Forrester clients create customer experience management technology strategies to support contextual, multichannel experiences and realize production efficiencies.
Stephen came to Forrester with many years of experience in IT management and application development. Most recently, Stephen served as vice president and general manager of a software startup in Cambridge, Mass., managing client engagements in the areas of customer resource management (CRM), asset management, and supply chain management. Prior to that, he spent eight years at ZDNET (later CNET), where he led IT groups responsible for enterprise content management, web content management, eCommerce, search applications, and data warehousing.
Stephen earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University and an M.B.A. from Babson College.
Addressing Consumers' Need For Immediacy And Cost Savings
European consumers continue to make use of all of the touchpoints that eBusiness professionals offer when making purchases. Click and collect serves multichannel buyers' fundamental needs by allowing...
Retailers want to engage multichannel shoppers — that much they know. But who these shoppers are and how retailers go about courting them are entirely different stories. Below is a profile of...

A Technographics® Data Essentials Document
Forrester Technographics Digital Consumer Community Report, February 2012
The economic recession has turned consumers into savvy bargain hunters. Now more than ever, they are on the lookout for the best deals and lowest prices they can find. Forrester conducted qualitative...
The Most Valuable Searchers Click On Both Paid And Natural Listings
Search marketers often try to profile consumers who click on paid ads against those who prefer natural search results. But the reality is there is little discernable difference between paid and...

Ownership of tablet devices is poised for rapid growth with tablet users in the US estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 51% from 2010 to 2015. Already a significant percent of...
Wells Fargo's Second Attempt At Online Chat Finds Incremental Success
Wells Fargo was a pioneer in the use of online chat in 2002. While that initial move into live help met with mixed results, the desire on the team's part to inject human assistance into the process...
A Topline Look At eCommerce Growth In Brazil And Mexico
Latin America's online retail markets are dynamic and varied. With the largest economy and approximately 40% of Latin America's Internet users, Brazil will remain the powerhouse in Latin American...
Forrester Technographics Digital Consumer Community Report, May 2012
Pleasing consumers is becoming increasingly difficult, and the experiences encountered while buying a product can make or break a brand’s reputation with its consumers. One bad experience can...
Despite A Thriving Online Market, Multichannel Retail Is Still An Untapped Opportunity For German Retailers
The German online retail market is the second largest in Europe. Amazon.de and eBay are dominant forces, with major German consumer brands selling through those sites, and others following suit...

European eBusiness Executives Must Embrace A Multi-Touchpoint Reality
European retail eBusiness executives face a time of unprecedented change. The range of touchpoints that customers use to discover, explore, buy, and re-engage with brands is growing by the day. New...
eCommerce Growth Accelerates Following "The Great Recession"
US online retail sales grew 12.6% in 2010 to reach $176.2 billion. With an expected 10% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2010 to 2015, US eCommerce is expected to reach $278.9 billion in 2015....
Forrester Applies Its Website Functionality Benchmark Methodology To The Sites Of Four Specialist European Consumer Electronics Retailers
Forrester applied its Website Functionality Benchmark evaluation methodology to four European consumer electronics retailers: Best Buy UK, Currys, Darty, and Redcoon. These specialist retailers...
ForecastView Spreadsheet
Consumer payments by value and and volume for different alternative payment methods, including e-wallet payments, prepaid/stored-value cards, and deferred billing, as well as credit and debit card...
An Empowered Report: An Example Of Mobile Behavior Among UK Online Shoppers
The first step in building or refining a mobile strategy is understanding the mobile behaviors of your target audience. In April 2009, Forrester published its Mobile Technographics analysis, offering...
A Technographics® Global Overview Report
The Internet plays an important role in consumers' retail habits across the world. Our 2011 data shows that the majority of global online consumers already shop online — and this isn't limited...
Identifying The Right Option For Your B2C eCommerce Business
China has become the leading emerging market for many Western brands and retailers. Attractive due to the scale and growth of the retail market, many companies view China as both a near-term...

A Technographics® Global Snapshot Document
Across the globe, online shopping behaviors vary both by country and by the product category the consumer is looking to purchase. eCommerce channels should account for these two variables in order to...
Forrester expects US holiday season online retail sales to grow 16% year over year. Consumers are showing a willingness to spend this season, with affluent consumers driving the most growth. Almost...