Getting the message across: the A to Z of A2P

Chintan has been active in the telecom industry in various commercial and sales roles for 14+ years. He has diverse experience in the carrier voice and messaging industry. Most recently he was heading up messaging sales team in Europe for Tata communications where he helped establish Tata as a significant player in the messaging industry. In his current role at Arelion he is part of dynamic and fast growing messaging team, responsible for business development and meeting demands of diverse set of customers. 

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from North Maharashtra University and currently based in London. Chintan follows cricket and football in his free time, likes to kick the ball around with his 7 year old son who loves to score goals against his dad. 

José García has +20 years’ experience in telecoms, having held senior positions in fixed net and mobile technology companies. Today he is CEO & Founder of GTC, a company he founded in 2014. GTC provides consultancy and managed services related to messaging services to mobile operators, SMS aggregators and voice carriers. José is recognised as an expert in messaging. 

As former VP of Sales & Carrier Relations at tyntec, José gained deep industry expertise developing profitable SMS and virtual number business worldwide. Previously, he managed the operator department of mobile payments business in Central and Southern Europe for Netsize, a Gemalto company. Before then, he worked for Verizon, where he headed up a European team responsible for international voice services for almost ten years. José holds Spanish citizenship, is based in Munich and studied in Frankfurt, where he obtained his Master’s degree in Business Administration.

Andy joined GlobalData in 2018 as a Principal Analyst, covering IP systems, services and software in the telecommunications industry. Prior to GlobalData, Hicks spent 10 years at IDC. There he established and coordinated the Telco 2025 research stream, focusing on digital transformation, operations, partner ecosystems, and IT strategy at the carrier. Earlier, Hicks was managing director at an equity research and capital markets services firm and taught language and literature at Columbia University, where he earned an MA and PhD in Russian Literature. He also holds an AB in Russian studies from Amherst.