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Andy is a member of Forrester's Business Technology Futures team, which serves CIOs and their business partners by predicting the long-term business impact of information technology. His research focus is on smart computing and analytics and tech-driven business transformation, analyzing the shifting economics of the industry, including spending, budgeting, and the influence of macroeconomic trends.
He also researches the growing customization of IT systems for industry-specific applications, especially in the utilities, energy, and professional services sectors. He is also a thought leader in the sourcing and procurement technology markets.
Andy has extensive experience in the technology market and in strategic planning, both as an analyst and a practitioner in the business world. He came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group in 2003, where he had worked as a vice president and research leader since 1998. Prior to joining Giga, Andy held a variety of vice president positions at American Express in the chairman's office, technologies, strategic planning, and re-engineering. Before joining American Express, Andy worked as an economist, writer, and editor for various organizations, including Shearson Lehman Brothers; the US House of Representatives' Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs; and the Council on Wage and Price Stability in the Executive Office of the President.
Andy has been a regular participant in Forrester's IT Forum conferences, delivering keynote addresses in 2006 and 2007 with colleagues on the future of software. He has also been a recurring presenter at Conference Board conferences on eProcurement and eSourcing. He has been quoted in leading business and technology publications, including BusinessWeek, The Economist, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
Andy earned a B.A. in philosophy from Haverford College and a Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins University.
Performance Management: The CRM Playbook
This report outlines the method for defining metrics as part Forrester's solution for application development and delivery (AD&D) executives looking to implement customer relationship management...

OpenText And Autonomy Lead The Rich Media Management Pack, With ADAM Software And Adobe Close Behind
The digital asset management (DAM) market is fragmented and in flux. With a myriad of vendors offering anything and everything under the name "DAM," application development and delivery (AD&D)...

Tools And Technology: The Business Intelligence Playbook
Building custom business intelligence (BI) solutions is time-consuming and inflexible; therefore, application development and delivery (AD&D) pros heading BI projects should move away from a...

Processes: The Digital Experience Delivery Playbook
Organizations still struggle to get the right content to the right consumers at the right time. Outdated technologies, policies, and procedures mean that IT can't keep pace with the business' demands...
Delivering Relevant Experiences In The Multichannel World
Firms want to deliver the right experience to the right user at the right time and on the right device — a tricky proposition in this age of device proliferation. The splinternet — and...

Landscape: The Digital Experience Delivery Playbook
AD&D pros have had an uphill journey to support digitally enabled customer experiences as they navigate the coordination of existing investments and management of a complicated technology ecosystem....
Processes: The CRM Playbook
This report prescribes solution governance best practices for application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals who implement "cloud" customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. While...

Vision: The Business Intelligence Playbook
Demands by users of business intelligence (BI) applications to "just get it done" are turning typical BI relationships, such as business/IT alignment and the roles that traditional and...
Assessment: The Digital Experience Delivery Playbook
This report outlines for IT professionals more than 100 essential practices for organizations looking to deliver their digital experience transformation strategies. It asks questions such as: Do you...
In a world with increasing numbers of rich media assets and a diverse set of distribution channels, content and collaboration (C&C) pros are taking a closer look at rich media management options....

Turn The Odd Couple Into The Power Couple
Selecting a digital experience service provider is a complex and stressful task. In many cases, marketing teams select the service providers and oversee product selection, leaving IT to support and...

Executive Overview: The Business Intelligence Playbook
How does an enterprise — especially a large, global one with multiple product lines and multiple enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications — make sense of operations, logistics, and...
Organization: The Digital Experience Delivery Playbook
Application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders now face a number of challenges as they move to support technology that delivers compelling cross-touchpoint customer experiences, rather than just...

Findings From Forrester's Digital Customer Experience Online Survey
Forrester recently surveyed 233 digital customer experience professionals with decision-making roles in digital experience (DX) technologies, asking them about their strategies for the coming 12 to...
Forrester recommends using this business intelligence (BI) maturity assessment tool at the beginning of any new strategic BI initiative to help you better understand your current state and strategic...
Supporting Relevant Digital Experiences In The Multichannel World
Organizations have long "personalized" their websites for customer segments. Now they need to go further, first by delivering the right experience to the right user at the right time and on the right...
