Qualifications
Product manager with 8+ years building B2B and B2C SaaS and AI products
Owns PDF translation, the AI PDF pipeline, and InDesign (INDD/IDML) file translation at Smartcat
Founded a product research practice delivering 30+ projects across 13 countries
Mentored 300+ startups at the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF)
McKinsey.org Forward Program (2026)
Education
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) — Master's degree, Venture Capital and Technological Entrepreneurship
Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) — Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Expertise
PDF translation
Document translation
AI translation workflows
InDesign and IDML localization
Product management
Product discovery and user research
Go-to-market strategy
Vadim Glazkov is an AI Product Builder at Smartcat, where he owns PDF translation, the AI PDF pipeline, and translation of Adobe InDesign (INDD/IDML) files. He brings more than eight years of B2B and B2C SaaS product management, including zero-to-revenue launches at Gologin and Dashly and 30+ product research projects across 13 countries through his own research practice. He writes about PDF and document translation, AI translation workflows, and product discovery.
Experience
AI Product Builder (Product Manager) at Smartcat
Jun 2026 — Present · 3 mos
Product Manager and Founder at Glasgow Research
Jan 2021 — Present · 5 yrs 8 mos
Product Manager at Gologin
Jun 2024 to Jul 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo
Product Manager at Dashly
Jan 2023 to May 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos
Product Owner and Co-Founder, early-stage B2C startup
Feb 2019 to Mar 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo
Product Manager at Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF)
Feb 2018 to Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos
Product Owner at Sberbank
Apr 2015 to Nov 2018 · 3 yrs 7 mos
Qualifications
Product manager with 8+ years building B2B and B2C SaaS and AI products
Owns PDF translation, the AI PDF pipeline, and InDesign (INDD/IDML) file translation at Smartcat
Founded a product research practice delivering 30+ projects across 13 countries
Mentored 300+ startups at the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF)
McKinsey.org Forward Program (2026)
Education
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) — Master's degree, Venture Capital and Technological Entrepreneurship
Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) — Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Expertise
PDF translation
Document translation
AI translation workflows
InDesign and IDML localization
Product management
Product discovery and user research
Go-to-market strategy
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