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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.
Consumers Rate Their Satisfaction With 87 Web Sites Across 13 Industries
Forrester recently asked US online consumers to rate their satisfaction with Web site experiences at companies they've done business with across multiple industries. When the results were tallied,...
How Focusing On Callers And Agents Can Drive Business Results
Today, user-centered design isn't widely used to improve call center interactions. That needs to change. When applied in the call center, the core activities of a user-centered design process —...
As health insurance plans get more complex and members' responsibility rises, insurers struggle to meet members' needs for accurate plan- and member-specific cost estimates for medical services. In...
How A Focus On User Goals Breaks Down Silos Between Online Tools
In a market where well-established standards define digital capabilities, it's tempting to stay with the status quo and build tools that meet industry norms. But what if industry norms are badly out...

Most industries take basic Web capabilities, such as offering essential information about the business and some basic communication capability, for granted — but the medical industry can't....
How Customer Experience Professionals Can Support Mobile Experiences
Mobile is quickly becoming a key touchpoint for consumers across industries, and health insurers are no exception. Insurers are jumping on the mobile bandwagon, but many are still unsure of how to...

Lessons Learned From 35 Website User Experience Reviews Across Six Industries
In 2010, Forrester reviewed the website user experience of sites in six industries: banks (Canadian and US), discount retailers, health plans, marketing software vendors, PC laptop manufacturers, and...
Forrester Applies Its Website Review Methodology To Seven Health Insurers' Sites
Health plans have invested a lot in their public consumer-facing websites. But have those investments yielded consumer-friendly experiences? To find out, Forrester evaluated the public websites of...
Benchmarks: The Customer Experience Management Playbook
How good is the customer experience at your company — as rated by your own recent customers? This report answers that question by providing benchmarks of the quality of customer experience for...
