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Andy serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals. He focuses primarily on B2B and B2B2C eCommerce, as well as issues related to enabling channel partner businesses for manufacturers. Andy's current research areas include multichannel retailing, mobile couponing, affiliate marketing, and enabling manufacturers to sell online.
Prior to joining Forrester, Andy spent 11 years in product and marketing leadership roles within Silicon Valley. In that time, he developed Yahoo's Web2Store local shopping initiative, co-founded an eCommerce company, and helped create several award-winning products in the consumer Internet and mobile software spaces. Before moving to Silicon Valley, Andy spent four years in Washington, D.C., as a research analyst for an economic consulting firm.
Andy has been quoted in various media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Internet Retailer, Direct Marketing News, American Banker, and CNBC.
Andy is a summa cum laude graduate in economics from the University of Dayton and holds an M.P.A. from Harvard University and an M.S. in integrated marketing from Northwestern University.
Depth Of RBC's Site Prevails Over Streamlined CIBC Offering
For the first time, Forrester evaluated the secure Web sites of four of Canada's largest credit card issuers — Bank of Montreal, CIBC, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and TD Canada Trust —...
Barclaycard Offers State-Of-The-Art Spending Categorization And Reporting
In August 2009, Barclaycard rolled out its new secure Web site, mybarclaycard, offering state-of-the-art functionality for managing credit cards online. The site combines excellent online banking...

Forrester Forrsights For Business Technology
eBusinesses Must Prepare Now To Win Over New Customers
The Australian federal government's National Broadband Network (NBN) is set to turn Australia into one of the most connected nations in the world. But how should eBusiness professionals respond? So...
ForecastView Spreadsheet
Web-Influenced Retail Sales Forecast (US): Total offline retail sales that are influenced by online research. Offline-influenced retail sales by 30 retail categories such as PCs, apparel, housewares,...
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...

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Forty-four million US online leisure travelers do not see a role for technology in their lives. These travel technology pessimists use technology, including the Web, because they have to, not...
After almost 10 years at Forrester, I'm incredibly lucky to now lead the team dedicated to making eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals successful every day. And, more than ever, senior...
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...
I often tell audiences that if you want to see the future of B2B eCommerce, look to the present and recent past of B2C eCommerce. Be it personalization, robust search, or targeted pricing, B2B...
Mainstream Adoption Hinges On Issues With Value, Security, And Support
Mobile banking adoption continues to gather momentum in the US, fueled by strong consumer appetite for smartphones and banks' burgeoning supply of new mobile banking applications, websites, and...
After many months of analysis and hard work, we are very pleased to have published the B2C eCommerce Platform Wave report late last week. Some high-level conclusions: Demand for eCommerce solutions...
Navigating The Centralized Versus Localized Approach
Today's global eBusiness executives are struggling to organize eBusiness operations that effectively support increasing international revenues. Companies have experimented with a variety of...
The opportunity China represents is undeniable, especially in light of the stalled economic recovery in both North America and Europe. However, as I write in my new report out today "Select The Right...
Capital One Takes The Top Spot For 2010
For the first time, Forrester evaluated the public Web sites of the nine largest North American credit card issuers — American Express, Bank of America, Bank of Montreal, Capital One (US),...
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The Dual Nature Of eBusiness Requires A Multidimensional Organizational Structure
Creating the optimal eBusiness organizational structure is one of the biggest challenges confronting eBusiness executives at financial services firms today. As both a channel and an enterprise...
Does Forrester have any research on wholesale distribution? This is an industry that is way behind in terms of eBusiness maturity specifically eCommerce and mobility. I sense that this industry is...