Meet the team behind Sapience

Davide co-founded Sapience in 2019, and is now Managing Partner. He previously worked as Senior Consultant at neuromarketing startup Impulse Research and at Profacts, a full-service market research agency, for two years.

He obtained a PhD in Cognitive Sciences at the University of Padova, Italy, and conducted neuroscientific research on human decision-making at Aix-Marseille University, France, and at Ghent University, Belgium. He is currently Visiting Professor of Consumer Behavior at the University of Padova, Italy, and has teached Neuromarketing and Market Research at the Hult International Business School in London, UK.

In 2017, Michiel co-founded Officient, an HR platform for SMEs – and later became CEO. The company grew quickly, gaining over 20,000 customers in four years, and was acquired by Exact in 2020. Before that, he worked as an Innovation Partner at HR provider Securex for four years. Michiel is also an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Vlerick Entrepreneurship Academy – where he combines his scientific background with his practical experience to support other business leaders. His expertise is on the crossroads between entrepreneurship, HR, psychology and technology.

Michiel is co-founder of Headstart and Director at Sapience.