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Vikram leads the forecast team, which is responsible for producing all forecasts within M&S research. He is focused on the consumer commerce areas including retail, travel, and financial services. He is keenly involved in understanding the evolution of consumers' online behavior and technology adoption.
Vikram came to Forrester Research through its acquisition of Jupiter Research, where he started in July 2000. Prior to Jupiter, Vikram worked at IRI, a leading market research company, where he worked closely with some of the leading CPG companies.
Vikram often appears on TV, radio, and comments in the press on the US online retail and travel industry. He has been quoted in The L.A. Times, Business Week, The New York Times, CNN Money, and American Banker. He has also appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg TV, and Radio, NPR, Fox Business News, and ABC.
Vikram earned an M.B.A. from Virginia Tech and a B.Com from N.M College in Mumbai, India.
For retail/CPG: 1) From your point of view, what will 2025 technology enable from a consumer, employee, and partner perspective? 2) What are the key trends to watch that might have an impact on our...
We Forecast 6% ICT Spending Growth For Both Years
US CIOs remain torn between their need to invest in new mobile, cloud, and smart technologies and their fear of encountering economic doldrums (or worse). Over the past two and a half years, these...
Social Media Preferences Vary Significantly Among Age Groups
Forrester has analyzed data from the Q1 2011 US And European B2B Social Technographics® Online Survey For Business Technology Buyers by age group to examine a common assumption: Most of the...

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We Forecast 6% ICT Spending Growth For Both Years
An Empowered Report: Reinvent Yourself To Serve Empowered Customers And Employees
Your customers and your employees have more power than ever before. Mobile, social, video, and cloud technologies give individuals tremendous access to information and resources. To succeed in an era...
Building A Foundation To Enable Next-Generation Mobile Services
CIOs that Forrester interviewed understand the potential of context and are building the foundational infrastructure needed to support the use of context across consumer touchpoints — not just...

The Burgeoning Set Of Connected Offerings Will Require New Skills
The era of the standalone product is over. More and more offerings are becoming intelligent, connected, and thus able to provide more engaging experiences for customers in business or consumer...

B2B Social Technographics® Data For Q1 2011 Confirms That Social Media Usage In Europe Continues At A High Level
Forrester has completed its Q1 2011 US And European B2B Social Technographics® Online Survey For Business Technology Buyers, which marks the third year we've conducted this survey As in the US,...