Thomas Husson

VP, Principal Analyst serving Marketing Leadership PROFESSIONALS

Thomas is a vice president and principal analyst, serving Marketing Leadership professionals.  Thomas's research focuses on the integration of mobile into marketing and digital strategies; the disruptive role of mobile in bridging the digital and physical worlds; the evolution of the mobile ecosystem; the convergence of mobile and social; and the impact of mobile devices and technologies on people's attitudes and behaviors. His coverage includes mobile marketing and advertising, mobile Internet and applications, and mobile commerce and payments. Thomas is widely cited in publications including International Herald Tribune, the BBC, The Economist, Reuters, AFP, Les Echos, and Le Monde.

Previous Work Experience

Thomas has 15 years of experience in the mobile and digital industries. Prior to joining Forrester in August 2008, Thomas spent four years at JupiterResearch as a senior mobile analyst, and six years at Bouygues Telecom (the third-largest French operator), first as Internet product manager and then as mobile multimedia marketing manager. Thomas also brings experience from the financial services sector, working in Milan for a year and a half. Thomas has served as a judge for the Global Mobile Awards at Mobile World Congress since 2008.


Education

Thomas holds degrees in international marketing/strategy and finance from EM Lyon (Lyon School of Management) and Science Po Paris (Institute of Political Science).

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  • Thomas Husson
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Mobile App Discovery: Best Practices To Promote Your App

    Most brands would love to have their apps among the top 25 most downloaded apps on the Apple App Store or Google Play. With more than one million apps available, there's a great risk that your app...

    • Downloads: 207
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:How Extended Packaging Will Redefine Relationships Among Brands, Retailers, And Customers

    A European Perspective On Mobile Bar Codes

    You've seen them everywhere: in the corners of print ads, across billboards, on buses, or in pieces of direct mail — those small blocks of even smaller squares. Marketers are increasingly using...

    • Downloads: 119
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:The European Tablet Landscape

    A Technographics® Data Essentials Document

    2012 was undoubtedly a pivotal year for tablets. With double-digit growth in tablet uptake across Western Europe, about one in seven online Europeans now owns a tablet. And with further double-digit...

    • Downloads: 50
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:2013 Mobile Trends For eBusiness Professionals

    Landscape: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook

    With more than 1 billion smartphones in consumers' pockets at the beginning of 2013, mobile is driving a second Internet revolution that's even more profound than the first one. Mobile creates new...

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    Report:Best Practices: How To Implement A Mobile Product And Service Road Map

    After jumping on the iPhone and Android app bandwagons, some global brands are beginning to realize that participating in the fragmented world of mobile comes at a high cost. Mixing the right mobile...

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  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:2012 Mobile Trends For eBusiness Professionals

    Talk of "the year of mobile" is not only passé but also irrelevant. The disruptive forces of mobile arrived more than two years ago and will fundamentally change businesses in the decades to...

    • Downloads: 2552
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Drive Product Innovation To Mature Your Mobile Strategy

    Mobility is at the core of global digital disruption trends, and product strategists are best positioned to anticipate how smartphones open up new opportunities for product and service innovation. To...

    • Downloads: 555
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    Report:2012 Mobile Trends For CPS Professionals

    Talk of "the year of mobile" is not only passé but also irrelevant. The disruptive forces of mobile arrived more than two years ago and will fundamentally change businesses in the decades to...

    • Downloads: 726
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  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Western European Mobile Forecast, 2011 To 2016

    Product Strategists In All Industries Must Contend With The Disruption Caused By Mobile

    The European mobile market will continue booming in the next five years. Forrester expects smartphone and mobile Internet penetration rates to reach 67% and 54%, respectively, by the end of 2016. To...

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  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:iPhone 4S Cements Apple's Product Strategy Leadership Position

    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...

    • Downloads: 372
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Product Strategists At Telcos Shouldn't Obsess About "Bit Pipe Syndrome"

    More Innovation Is Needed, But Fundamental Connectivity Remains A Valuable Service

    Product strategists in various industries tend to dismiss telcos' role in service innovation, focusing instead on disruptors such as Google and Apple. It is true that new entrants and over-the-top...

    • Downloads: 594
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Gambling: Bet On Mobile Products And Services

    After so many years of unmet expectations, gambling is finally going mobile. Although it's not yet the promised El Dorado, and despite the fact that competition is likely to be fiercer in a complex...

    • Downloads: 561
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Mobile Location Becomes Invisible

    No Longer A Service, Location Will Be Embedded In Mobile Products

    eBay's recent acquisition of Where and Groupon's acquisition of Whrrl show how two Internet pure players looking to develop mobile transactions plan to integrate new location-based features into...

    • Downloads: 648
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:UK Telecom Operators Join Forces To Fight Market Disruption

    Product Strategists Should Employ Joint Ventures To Avoid Irrelevance

    On June 16, 2011, the main UK telecom operators — Everything Everywhere, Telefónica UK, and Vodafone — announced they would form a mobile marketing and payments joint venture. This...

    • Downloads: 304
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Google Wallet Is Not About Mobile Payments

    Google's statement that mobile payments are just getting started is correct. Its announcement on May 26, 2011, was another early salvo in what will be a long and hard-fought battle to change...

    • Downloads: 1237
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Why The "Web Versus Application" Debate Is Irrelevant To Your Mobile Product Strategy

    Consumer product strategists designing product experiences for mobile phones and smartphones must decide on their development priorities across the mobile Web and applications. While some believe...

    • Downloads: 1307
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Mobile World Congress 2011: Going Beyond Mobile

    Internet Innovation Is Incubating In The Mobile Crucible

    The future of the Internet is now being shaped on new mobile networks and ever smarter mobile devices: smartphones and tablets. The 2011 edition of Mobile World Congress (MWC) showcased the future of...

    • Downloads: 1240
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Asia Pacific Mobile Technographics®: 2010

    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...

    • Downloads: 849
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Mobile Augmented Reality

    Beyond The Hype, A Glimpse Into The Mobile Future

    Mobile augmented reality (AR) has become a widely referenced technology in less than a year, but in fact this technology is just emerging and will take years to scale. For now, it is primarily used...

    • Downloads: 1145
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Europe Mobile Technographics®: 2010

    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...

    • Downloads: 973
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:How Mature Is Your Mobile Strategy?

    An Empowered Report

    To help consumer product strategists and executives benchmark their mobile consumer strategy, Forrester conducted a global mobile strategy maturity online survey among executives. Fifty-seven percent...

    • Downloads: 1308
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report:The State Of Mobile Commerce In Europe

    Mobile Commerce Is Still Nascent And Shows A Small But Growing Market Opportunity

    European mobile commerce is still at an early stage. Digital content is still the primary product purchased via mobile devices, but consumers show growing interest in using their mobile phone for all...

    • Downloads: 997
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Profiling Your Best Mobile Customers

    A Picture Of European Mobile-Savvy Users

    iPhone users, despite being the heaviest users of mobile services, are only a subset of your customer base. Forrester's data shows that they represent just 2% of the European mobile population. A...

    • Downloads: 992
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:How Can European Operators Make The Most Of Mobile Marketing And Advertising?

    For years, telecom operators have bet on mobile marketing and advertising as a way to generate new revenue streams. Neither has fulfilled their initially high revenue expectations yet. Now that this...

    • Downloads: 962
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report:Mobile World Congress 2010: Welcome To Nontelecom Players!

    The mobile industry is in full swing. Its center of gravity is shifting from hardware to software, from voice to data and services, and from traditional telecom stakeholders to new entrants. Google's...

    • Downloads: 1072
 
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