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Chris 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 tech-driven business transformation and smart computing and analytics, analyzing the economics and business models of IT suppliers, and emerging trends in technology adoption. Currently, his research is centered on the role of IT in enabling sustainability initiatives and improving corporate environmental responsibility.
Chris has been with Forrester for 13 years as an analyst and research team leader. He led Forrester's US research organization from 2002 to 2006, and he previously led the firm's research efforts in the financial services, automotive, healthcare, and telecom industries. He regularly speaks at industry conferences and Forrester events and is widely quoted in the business and IT industry press.
Prior to joining Forrester, Chris was a principal at GeoPartners Research, doing strategy consulting for leading technology companies. During the 1980s, he was with the investment bank Cowen & Company, where he headed its research coverage of the networking industry. He also worked at The Yankee Group as a telecom industry analyst. He began his career as a member of technical staff at IBM's network software labs.
Chris holds degrees from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and the University of Pennsylvania.
From Technology Foundations To Business Outcomes
Forrester sees six important trends unfolding in business technology (BT), where information technology will most directly and visibly affect business outcomes. Not having an initiative or effort...

Forrester's 2012 Tech Industry Predictions
2012 is the year that the performance of emerging markets will be crucial to the growth prospects of the global technology industry. In particular, the top tier of the emerging markets — which...
Emerging Opportunities And Imperatives For An IT Industry In Transformation
Rather than quietly maturing into middle age as it enters its seventh decade, the information and communications technology (ICT) industry is continuing to evolve rapidly. The ICT landscape is roiled...
Six Types Of IT For Sustainability Solutions Drive Sustainable Performance
Improving the environmental sustainability of corporate processes and products is slowly but surely moving up the strategic agenda of large companies around the world. In interviewing sustainability...

Forrester's 2011 Tech Industry Predictions
In this report, we highlight macro trends and specific predictions that indicate the directions of growth and disruption for the technology industry in 2011.
The technology industry will be among the bright spots of the global economic recovery in 2010. We forecast that IT purchases (measured in US dollars) will grow by more than 8% over the depressed...
Forrester's sixth enterprise green IT survey shows that adoption of green IT practices are rebounding despite the ongoing economic recession. Enterprises are taking a slow but steady approach to...
Sketching The New Opportunities For IT Vendor Strategists
A new liability is coming onto the collective balance sheet of companies around the world: carbon. In the context of increasing awareness of the business and societal risks of climate change,...
Introducing Forrester's Green IT Maturity Assessment Methodology
CIOs recognize the importance of environmental considerations in planning IT operations, but they are often unsure about how to put that recognition into action. With sustainability rising on the...
European systems integrators (SIs) Getronics, Orange Business Services, and Siemens IT Solutions and Services are stepping up their efforts to build consulting and implementation practices helping...
This data chart highlights green IT adoption and trends by industry.
This data chart provides data of green IT adoption and trends by geography.
The recession is taking a bite from the growth of enterprise adoption of green IT policies and practices. Forrester's latest enterprise green IT survey reveals slowing adoption of green IT practices...
Providers: Polish Your Value Proposition To Differentiate
Data from Forrester's Business Data Services surveys show continued interest in green IT services. One-third of the surveyed enterprises plan for a green IT services engagement in the coming year....
A Look At Sustainability Announcements Of Leading Systems Vendors
We reviewed the sustainability-related activities of 13 leading IT systems vendors from 2007 to 2008 by examining public announcements on their Web sites. Three takeaways emerged from our analysis:...
A Bright Outlook For IT Sustainability Consulting
IT services companies are responding to client needs by building green IT and corporate sustainability practices. We continue to forecast very healthy growth — 60% CAGR —for this market,...
Get Ready For Green IT 2.0
Vendor strategists must raise their sights to take in and capture the full value of IT across the landscape of green business opportunity. The foreground of energy efficiency and waste reduction...
Enterprises and SMBs report on their green IT awareness and adoption.
Global firms report on their awareness and adoption of green IT practices.
Worldwide implementation of green initiatives in enterprise IT organizations and their suppliers will accelerate in 2009, notwithstanding the gloomy economic environment. Green IT will spread in...
Forrester's latest green IT enterprise survey reveals that the slowing economy will not derail efforts to make IT operations more efficient and less environmentally harmful. In fact, of responding...
European furniture retailer kika/Leiner Group is going green. Its stores and furniture products are designed and branded to appeal to increasingly green-conscious consumers in its home country of...
Since initiating research on green IT trends in early 2007, Forrester analysts have fielded a steadily growing number of client inquiries on green topics, including corporate sustainability planning,...
Vendor Strategists Think Big About IT's Role In Curbing Carbon Emissions
The "SMART 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age" report issued by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) will raise the environmental stakes for strategy professionals...
An overview of motivations for pursuing green IT by industry