Kimberly M. Herrington

About Kimberly M. Herrington

I help people SEEK, SOLICIT, and SPEAK data in SAFE to SHARE environments…

Experience

1. Senior Analyst, Data Leadership, Org & Culture

   Forrester

   Apr 2022 — Present

   Content planning: Work with colleagues and research director to determine an integrated research and content portfolio based on clients’ top priorities and market opportunities. Research: Conduct primary and secondary research, including by planning and conducting telephone interviews, fielding online surveys, and analyzing Forrester and third-party data. Client engagement: Apply Forrester’s research and frameworks to help clients solve business challenges through short- and long-term client interactions and engagements. Present at Forrester-sponsored and industry events and deliver client webinars. Thought-leadership: Develop a deep understanding of the top challenges that data and insights leaders face with a clear emphasis on data leadership and culture, data literacy, data storytelling, insights teams, organizational models, and stakeholder alignment. Collaboration: Collaborate with the immediate research team as well as experts in different focus areas from across Forrester’s services and geographic teams to develop a complete context for the issues in this space, both providing input to their research and writing reports incorporating their expertise to provide a big-picture view. Publishing: Write several long and short research documents that convey new ideas. Consulting delivery support: Support consulting engagements as a subject-matter expert to apply Forrester’s research in the context of clients’ specific business environments and help solve their problems through inquiry, guidance sessions advisory, and project consulting. May provide sales support. Industry and market presence: Establish an industry presence as an influential speaker and thinker; build relationships with senior data and analytics professionals as well as with the technology vendors that serve them and the journalists who cover the area; and participate in vendor briefings and field press inquiries as necessary. Embrace social tools and build a market presence via social media.

Education

• D'Youville University

  Masters degree, Health Services Administration / Management

  2010 — 2015

• State University of New York at Oswego

  BA, Biology

  2004 — 2008