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Vikram leads the forecast team, which is responsible for producing all forecasts within M&S research. He is focused on the consumer commerce areas including retail, travel, and financial services. He is keenly involved in understanding the evolution of consumers' online behavior and technology adoption.
Vikram came to Forrester Research through its acquisition of Jupiter Research, where he started in July 2000. Prior to Jupiter, Vikram worked at IRI, a leading market research company, where he worked closely with some of the leading CPG companies.
Vikram often appears on TV, radio, and comments in the press on the US online retail and travel industry. He has been quoted in The L.A. Times, Business Week, The New York Times, CNN Money, and American Banker. He has also appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg TV, and Radio, NPR, Fox Business News, and ABC.
Vikram earned an M.B.A. from Virginia Tech and a B.Com from N.M College in Mumbai, India.
Customer experience professionals depend on surveys for their voice of the customer (VoC) and customer experience (CX) measurement programs. But with so many surveys coming at each individual...
Are there any uptime/availability statistics for retail sites that Forrester can provide?
This is the reviewer's guide for Forrester's IVR User Experience Review 8.0 scorecard.

This document provides guidance on how to score an application experience against the 20 questions in Forrester's Application User Experience Review and is intended to be used in conjunction with the...
Customer Experience Professionals Share Plans For Design Tools, Budgets, And Staffing
During the past few years, Forrester has seen tremendous momentum for digital design projects as digital touchpoints proliferate. And the trend held true this year, too: A recent survey of...

Expert evaluations test user scenarios and then evaluate the experience based on a set of heuristics. To get the best results from these evaluations, customer experience professionals need to craft...
Forrester asked consumers about the channels they use when researching, buying, and getting customer service. In-store experiences were the most popular and the most satisfying across activities,...
Few firms want to invest in improving phone self-service. But consumers use automated phone systems regularly and are deeply dissatisfied with what they experience. Our research uncovered four...
A Look Inside The Voice Of The Customer Programs At Barclaycard US, Cisco, And Vanguard
This year, Forrester recognized three winners of its fourth annual Voice Of The Customer Awards: Barclaycard US, Cisco Systems, and The Vanguard Group. Each of the winning voice of the customer (VoC)...

This is the reviewer's guide for Forrester's Cross-Channel User Experience 8.0 scorecard.
I found a reference to some 2009 research by Forrester that says that people will abandon a website if it takes more than 3 seconds to load a page. Do you know if this has been updated?
Companies are increasingly offering online chat as an interaction channel for customers and prospects. But how successful are those interactions? Of the 18% of consumers who have used chat, most are...
Forrester Applies Its Web-Phone User Experience Review Methodology To Four Top US Firms
Forrester applied its Web-Phone User Experience Review methodology to the experiences at four large PC laptop manufacturers: Apple, Dell, HP, and Toshiba. The results: Apple came out ahead, but the...
This report is an update to "Executive Q&A: Voice Of The Customer Programs" originally published on April 11, 2011. The voice of the customer (VoC) is a critical component of any customer experience...
What methodology did Forrester use to rank the winners of the VoC Awards?
Who at Forrester leads the practice around multichannel integration and personalization? Specifically, I'm looking for help with two things: 1) a case study on someone who does phone and Web...
Forrester Applies Its Web Site Brand Experience Review Methodology To Five Top Sites
The multibillion-dollar auto industry features some of the most recognized brand names in the US, like Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, Nissan, and Toyota. But how good is the brand experience offered by...
Performance Management: The Digital Customer Experience Improvement Playbook
This report is an update to "What Are The Right Web Customer Experience Success Metrics?" originally published on July 20, 2011. Good website customer experience metrics fulfill two purposes:...

Business Case: The Digital Customer Experience Improvement Playbook
This report is an update to "Web Sites That Don't Support Customers' Goals Waste Millions" originally published on February 17, 2010. To understand the effect of poor website usability, Forrester...
