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TJ serves CIO Professionals. His research focuses on the business of collaboration software, which includes adoption, business models, pricing, and positioning, and how information workers affect the adoption and deployment of collaboration software within their business. His research of the collaboration space also deals with how these technologies are applied to facilitate interactions between companies — vendor to partner, vendor to supplier, vendor to customer — for purposes of marketing, product development, and innovation. In addition, TJ researches serious gaming, which is the use of games and gaming dynamics for business or educational purposes and the use of virtual worlds for collaboration and training. His work helps professionals understand the technology and demographic trends that are affecting the markets they serve and provides guidance on how best to position their products to meet these challenges. TJ has been cited in ComputerWorld and the Financial Times.
Prior to joining Forrester, TJ was an analyst at a new product development firm, conducting voice of the customer and litigation-related market research for technology and other firms.
TJ has a B.S. in public relations and an M.S. in applied communication research from Boston University.
Latin Americans' active presence in the online world is relatively new. Some consumers in metropolitan cities in countries like Brazil and Mexico have come online, but a digital divide still exists,...


Health plans want to engage consumers, but are their communications getting through? Consumers want control over their communications preferences, and only a third say that health plans do a good job...
From Creating Awareness To The Act Of Purchase
Television is still the dominant medium to get messages in front of European consumers, but the Internet is now the primary medium consumers use to research their purchases. Within the digital...
In the midst of the recession and ongoing sovereign debt crisis, only 29% of Europeans believe their bank acts in their best interest. However, some banks rank much higher than others in our customer...

Forrester conducted an online survey fielded in July and August 2012 of 6,008 individuals ages 16 to 75 in top urban areas/provinces of Argentina and top urban areas/states of Brazil and Mexico. In...
Entice Customers Into The Loyalty Cycle
While appealing to customer needs is always important in product strategies, it's imperative for mass-customized offerings in particular. Buyers must have the right options available to them —...
Online healthcare marketing is a big opportunity; while interactive spending will grow rapidly over the next four years, the overall industry remains conservative in spend and innovation. Digital...

Mobile Commerce Is Still Nascent And Shows A Small But Growing Market Opportunity
European mobile commerce is still at an early stage. Digital content is still the primary product purchased via mobile devices, but consumers show growing interest in using their mobile phone for all...
An Empowered Report: Invest Modestly And Experiment Broadly
Only 1% of US mobile phone owners have used a 2D bar code scanner in the past three months. It would be hard for any product or service company to claim an urgent need to implement 2D bar codes, but...
A Roundtable Discussion With Forrester Analysts
Customers have more power today than ever before. They have tremendous influence and reach through social media, more options and choices of whom to buy from, and high expectations about customer...
An Integrated Channel Claims Strategy Improves Experience And Reins In Costs
Claims are a big deal to both insurers and customers. It's an emotional time for claims customers, and costs and processes can go off the rails, affecting a variety of key insurance business metrics...
Mobile Activities And Mobile Internet In Asia Pacific And Across The Globe
Mobile phones in Asia Pacific are mainstream, and adoption of more advanced mobile activities such as mobile Internet, social networking, and mCommerce is widespread. In fact, consumers in Asia...