Max Ball,

Max Ball

Principal Analyst

Max is on Forrester’s digital customer and collaboration team serving customer service and technology leaders focused on transforming customer service engagement. He brings over 30 years of industry experience in product management and product marketing in the areas of omnichannel contact center platforms, speech recognition and interactive voice response (IVR), mobile, social, chat, and WebRTC. Max’s research focuses on the full breadth of contact center solutions ranging from self- and assisted-service applications to AI-driven digital customer experiences.

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