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Paul Hagen

Paul Hagen
Principal Analyst

Research Coverage

Business Strategy For Customer Experience, Customer Experience, Customer Experience Management, Organization & Culture For Customer Experience

Research Focus

Paul serves Customer Experience Professionals who are working on enterprisewide efforts that cross channels and business segments. His research focuses on defining a customer experience strategy (B2C and B2B), building organizational culture, and appointing a chief customer officer. Secondary areas of research include CRM, voice of the customer, and customer experience measurement.

Previous Work Experience

Paul returns to Forrester after eight years of running his own consulting business, which provided business, marketing, environmental sustainability, and technology planning services to executives at a broad range of organizations. Formerly at Forrester for five years, Paul led research efforts on customer relationship management, personalization, customer experience, self-service tools, search and intelligent agents, online education, and knowledge management strategies.

Prior to his first stint at Forrester, Paul was the strategy and marketing manager at Accenture, where he helped launch and market one of the early software-as-a-service offerings. He has also worked as a business development manager at BBN Technologies. Paul has a soft spot for education, having worked as a high school math teacher in Malawi with the Peace Corps and as the national placement director for Teach For America in its startup years.

Education

Paul holds an M.Ed. from Harvard University, where his area of concentration was educational technology and online learning. He also holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Stanford University.

Latest Research

Planned Research

Building A Customer-Centric Culture: Change Agent Programs May 2012
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How B2B Companies Improve Their Customer And Partner Experience April 2012
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Building A Global Customer-Centric Culture July 2012
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Assessing Your Customer-Centric Culture June 2012
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Top Trends In Technology Infrastructure That Customer Experience Leaders Should Know About November 2012
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Did You Know?

Paul has a strong interest in clean technology and environmental sustainability. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer, playing guitar or piano, and traveling.


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Upcoming Appearances
Paul Hagen will be speaking at the following upcoming events:
Recent Media Citations
1to1Media, "Introducing the 2011 1to1 Customer Champions," October 19, 2011
1to1Media, "Evaluating Customer Experience Maturity," October 17, 2011
1to1Media, "B2B Customer Experience Scores Are Low and Excuses Ring Hollow," September 26, 2011
1to1 Media, "Danger! Be Careful of Using Social Media as an Escalation Strategy," June 6, 2011
Information Management, "Putting The Customer At The Front Of CRM," May 2, 2011
1to1 Media, "Beyond CRM: Customer Experience," May 2, 2011