Ted SchadlerVice President, Principal Analyst
Collaboration Platforms, Collaboration Strategy, Enterprise Collaboration, Information & Knowledge Management, Information Workplace, Instant Messaging, Messaging, Promote innovation by helping people find and share information, Real-Time Collaboration, Web Conferencing
Ted Schadler serves Information & Knowledge Management professionals. With 21 years of experience in the software industry, Ted advises clients in a wide variety of industries on collaboration tools and practices. Ted's primary research objective is to help clients select and implement real-time collaboration tools and understand the impact of emerging technologies on information workers.
His work includes research on real-time collaboration tools, the economics of cloud-based collaboration, the effect of mobile devices on enterprise collaboration, and the future of virtual worlds in the enterprise. Ted has five years of experience conducting quantitative studies of consumers and companies in 14 countries, with more than 1,000,000 completed surveys. These studies include work on segmentation development, market sizing, behavioral and attitudinal analysis, and persona creation.
Ted's previous experience in 12 years at Forrester includes two years as vice president of Forrester's Consumer Technographics® business; two years as a vice president and principal analyst focused on consumer devices; and seven years as an enterprise software analyst and research director, including two years as the founding product manager and research group director for TechRankings, the forerunner of the Forrester Wave™ methodology.
Ted has appeared as a technology industry expert on ABC, CBC, CNBC, NBC, and PBS and has been quoted in publications such as em>BusinessWeek, The Economist, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
Prior to joining Forrester in April 1997, Ted was a cofounder of Phios, an MIT spinoff. Before that, Ted worked for eight years as CTO and director of engineering for a software company serving the healthcare industry. Early in his career, Ted was a singer and bass player for Crash Davenport, a successful Maryland-based rock-and-roll band.
Ted has a master's degree in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He also holds an M.S. in computer science from the University of Maryland and a B.A. with honors in physics from Swarthmore College.
For Gen Y, Mobility Trumps Web 2.0 At Work November 19, 2009 BookmarkPDF
Smartphones And Telecommuting: Workforce Technology Adoption 2009 October 20, 2009 BookmarkPDF
The State Of Workforce Technology Adoption: US Benchmark 2009 October 07, 2009 (Rating: 10) BookmarkPDF
A Day In The Life Of A US Information Worker September 09, 2009 BookmarkPDF
Web Conferencing 2009 Market Overview August 27, 2009 BookmarkPDF
Workforce Personas: Your Guide To Provisioning, Licensing, And Satisfaction December 2009 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
Capture The Business Value Of Video Conferencing April 2010 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
The Forrester Wave: Web Conferencing, Q1 2010 March 2010 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
The Mobile Surge: Impact On Collaboration January 2010 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
Six Scenarios Shape Your Collaboration Strategy January 2010 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
Ted enjoys rock-and-roll and folk music performance, biking, skiing, hiking, stone wall building, slow food, and wine.
