Jaap Favier Jaap Favier
Vice President, Research Director

Research Coverage

Social Computing & Web 2.0, Customer Experience

Research Focus

Jaap serves Marketing Leadership professionals and leads a team, based in Europe and the US, that researches how chief marketing officers and their teams can harness emerging consumer trends, benefit from market and technology change, differentiate the brand experience, maximize the ROI of the marketing and media mix, demonstrate the value of marketing, and build a high-performance team and business partnerships. Jaap's own research focuses on the impact of Social Computing and Web 2.0 on the way that brands and media firms communicate with their target consumers.

Previous Work Experience

Before joining Forrester, Jaap held senior positions in business strategy and marketing in KLM Royal Dutch Airlines/Alitalia. He developed KLM's overall eBusiness strategy, managed business-to-business marketing, and started the eBusiness company and brand, Traxxer. Before that, Jaap helped set up distribution firm Galileo in various management team positions. His prior experience includes IT consulting and defense industry research.

Education

Jaap holds a degree in aerospace engineering from Delft University in the Netherlands.

Latest Research

Planned Research

Marketing Budget 2008 August 2008
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Developing Future Marketing Leaders October 2008
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Building A Business-Driven Marketing Team November 2008
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Managing A Global Marketing Team December 2008
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