Vladimir Smal is heading Sales & Procurement in the Global Messaging department of LANCK Telecom over the last 3 years. He was promoted to this position after proving himself as a successful team leader of Middle East, Africa & Asia market of Voice Sales department.

Vladimir has a profound experience in the Wholesale Telecom market, both in Voice & SMS. Over the last 13 years he has visited all major Telecom events. Vladimir is an active member of the Mobile Ecosystem Forum.

Vladimir started his job at LANCK Telecom as a Carrier Relations Manager in 2008 after graduating from Saint Petersburg State University. He holds degrees in Linguistics and Sociology.

Vladimir Gerneshii is the Head of Product Strategy and GTM ext. at Global Message Services.

Vladimir is a sharp product strategy & growth leader with 12 years of proven impactful hands-on experience scaling and evolving B2C and B2B products across communications, fintech, blockchain.

Vladimir has shaped this experience building products for enterprises and operators such as multi-channel customer engagement, messaging and ecommerce apps, RCS messaging, monetization services – gaining a profound appreciation of all aspects of the telecom sphere in the process.

Vladimir is a Reforge Growth Strategy alumnus as well as the author of a programmatic advertising patent application.

Vladimir has been recognised as a Global Talent in Digital Technology by Tech Nation UK.

Sam Barker is a Head of Analytics & Forecasting with Juniper Research. Sam’s focus areas lie across IoT & M2M and Telco Service Provider streams, covering key research topics including, mobile messaging, mobile voice, A2P messaging, 5G and Virtual Reality. He previously worked as project support analyst for a major online retailer, planning, forecasting, and reporting on budgets for large company projects.