Leslie Owens

Principal Analyst & Research Director serving Enterprise Architecture PROFESSIONALS

Leslie serves Enterprise Architecture Professionals. She leads a team of analysts who provide research and advisory services on emerging technology, information strategy and architecture, data management, and content management. Leslie provides Forrester's coverage of specific information management topics such as enterprise search, semantic tools, information classification, and taxonomies. She helps enterprises improve access to information through strategic application of technology and guidance on process.

Previous Work Experience

Leslie has more than 12 years of experience in the field of information management. Prior to joining Forrester in 2007, she managed the enterprise search program at Abbott Laboratories. In this role, she developed the enterprise search strategy and guided the selection of ontology management software. In addition, she contributed to enterprise initiatives around records management, collaboration, digital asset management, and web content management systems. Prior to Abbott, Leslie developed taxonomies as an independent consultant for Fortune 500 clients.


Education

Leslie holds a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a focus on cataloging and classification. She holds an undergraduate degree in political science from Duke University.

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    Report:Forrester Research Interactive Marketing Forecast By Industry, 2012 To 2017 (US)

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    Report:Consumers Want Online Advertising To Be Relevant, Respectful, And Rewarding

    Forrester Technographics® Digital Consumer Community Report, September 2012

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    Report:Forrester Research Mobile Advertising Forecast, 2013 To 2018 (US)

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    Report:Forrester Research Social Media Forecast, 2012 To 2017 (US)

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    Report:B2B Groundswell Awards For Communities

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    Report:The ROI Of Social Marketing

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    Report:Build An Empowered Media Buying Team

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    Report:The New Search Marketing Review

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    Report:Interactive Marketing's Isolation Must End

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    The Social Marketing Playbook

    Master The Next Wave Of Social

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      • Downloads: 110
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      Report:How B2B Marketers Use Social Now

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