| Forrester Research, Inc. | |
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| Type | Public (NASDAQ: FORR) |
| Founded | 1983 by George F. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Colony |
| Headquarters |  400 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA |
| Industry | Market research |
| Employees | 905 (as of September 30, 2007) |
| Website | Forrester Research |
Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" Market research is the process of systematically gathering recording and analyzing data and information about Customers, Competitors and the Market Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Market research is the process of systematically gathering recording and analyzing data and information about Customers, Competitors and the Market Forrester Research has four research centers in the US: Cambridge, Massachusetts; Foster City, California; Washington, D.C.; and Westport, Connecticut. Foster City is an affluent Planned city located in San Mateo County California, 94404 Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Westport is a coastal town located on Long Island Sound in Fairfield County, Connecticut, 47 miles north of New York City in the United It also has four European research centers in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, and Paris. Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The firm has nineteen sales locations worldwide. It offers a variety of services including syndicated research on technology as it relates to business, quantitative market research on consumer technology adoption as well as enterprise IT spending, research-based consulting and advisory services, Events, workshops, and teleconferences and executive peer-networking programs.
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History
Forrester Research was founded in July 1983 by George Forrester Colony, now chairman of the board and chief executive officer, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. The company's first report, "The Professional Automation Report," was published in November 1983. In November 1996, Forrester announced its initial public offering of 2,300,000 shares. Initial public offering (IPO, also referred to simply as a "public offering" is when a company issues Common stock or shares to the public for the first In February 2000, the company announced its secondary public offering of 626,459 shares. The company acquired Fletcher Research, a British Internet research firm, in November 1999; FORIT GmbH, a German market research and consulting firm, in October 2000 and Giga Information Group, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based information technology research and consulting company, in February 2003.
Leadership
- George F. Colony, Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO
- Charles Rutstein, Chief Operating Officer
- Brian E. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Kardon, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer
- Michael Doyle, Chief Financial Officer
- Elizabeth Lemons, Chief People Officer
- Gail S. Mann, Chief Legal Officer And Secretary
- George M. Orlov, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer
- Dennis van Lingen, Managing Director, Marketing & Strategy Client Group; Chief Europe, Middle East, & Africa Officer
- Julie Meringer, Managing Director, Information Technology Client Group
- Mark R. Nemec, Ph. D. , Managing Director, Technology Industry Client Group
See also
- List of United States companies
- List of research companies
External links
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