Speaker Bio

Alexis Bartelds is CEO of Sam Media. Sam Media is a team of passionate and confident creatives, marketing experts and developers focused on selling and billing premium digital services to millions of mobile consumers worldwide. Sam Media’s offices in Kuala Lumpur, Amsterdam and Hanoi host a fun and diverse team of more than 25 nationalities.

Before founding Sam Media in 2006 Alexis developed T-Mobile’s VAS portfolio in The Netherlands, co-founded a VAS start up in China and set up and managed the APAC business for Emexus, a Dutch provider of mobile services and billing.

His passion for innovation drives Sam Media’s focus on premium content, transparent intuitive marketing, fully controlled in house media buy and data science. This supports Sam Media’s partnerships with mobile operators, selected payment providers and owners of premium content and keeps Sam Media at the forefront of the digital services and marketing industry.