Roger van der Spek

Know what your audience sees before you launch ๐Ÿ‘๏ธPredictive Attention AI for creative performance & advertising

Netherlands

About

๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐†๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. We are living in a "poverty of attention." Whether itโ€™s a high-stakes DOOH campaign, a split-second social ad or landing page that needs to convert, the challenge is the same: ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต. Most creative teams invest weeks into strategy and millions into media, yet the most critical moment, the first 3 seconds of human processing, is often left to gut feeling or subjective internal feedback, resulting in invisible brands, wasted campaign budgets or UX friction. Brainsight bridges the gap between creative intuition and neuroscientific predictive data. Brainsight is an AI-powered Predictive Attention platform that simulates human vision to forecast exactly where and how people look. Before you launch. By leveraging years of neuroscience research and data, we empower Brands and Agencies: โœช Audit for Breakthrough: Instantly identify "attention killers" that pull focus away from your message. โœช Validate Hierarchy: Ensure the natural viewing path leads intuitively to your Call to Action. โœช Anchor the Brand: Confirm that your logo is actually seen within the critical first 2 seconds. โœช Optimize at Scale: Move from subjective "I like this" discussions to data-driven creative decisions. From the streets of London or New York to global digital campaigns, we help innovators move beyond viewability to visibility and brand impact. Don't leave your first impression to chance. Letโ€™s talk about how predictive attention can transform your creative ROI: ๐Ÿ‘‰ Explore the science: https://www.brainsight.app โœ‰๏ธ DM for a custom Attention Audit of directly schedule a meeting.

Experience

  • Co-Founder at Brainsight.app
    Feb 2023 - Present ยท 3 yrs 5 mos

    โ€ข Co-founded Brainsight, a pioneering platform that predicts instant attention โ€ข Look at your designs through the eyes of your customers. โ€ข Pretest creatives like advertising, videos, and websites. โ€ข Instant predictive eye-tracking heatmaps and metrics for creative performance. โ€ข Validated neuroscience methodology, 94% accuracy in instant attention prediction. โ€ข Recognized in the Dutch Chamber of Commerce Top 100 Innovations

  • Managing Director at Braingineers
    Oct 2020 - Dec 2024 ยท 4 yrs 3 mos

    โ€ข Led a multiple award-winning neuromarketing and neuroscience research agency โ€ข Managed the growth and strategic direction of Braingineers โ€ข Ensuring sales vs delivery and alignment with technology and psychology โ€ข Successfully exited the company (buyer: Valsplat)

  • Director of Ecommerce at SpeedComfort
    Feb 2019 - Sep 2020 ยท 1 yr 8 mos

    โ€ข New market launches: market assessments, go-to-market strategies โ€ข Growth: scaling ecommerce operations for international expansion. โ€ข Established diverse sales channels, including ecommerce platforms, marketplaces, and resellers. โ€ข Built a distributor network across the DACH and UK region to drive growth. โ€ข Restructured fulfilment (tender, transition to automation-driven supplier) โ€ข Finance: budgeting, working capital management, legal and compliance โ€ข M&A: co-managed the exit and transition to new ownership

  • Global Account Director at RGP
    Sep 2008 - Jan 2019 ยท 10 yrs 5 mos

    โ€ข Member of the Global Strategic Clients Program, managing the Royal Philips account. โ€ข Business development, sales, large deals (consulting and project-management solutions) โ€ข Client / Project delivery owner for global projects, i.e. in EMEA, US, Panama and China. โ€ข Relationship management on T2/T3 level

  • Founder at TheDivingGuide
    Jan 2014 - 2017 ยท 3 yrs 1 mo

    As the founder of TheDivingGuide, I was responsible for the ideation and management of a global online scuba diving travel platform. Product owner. Vision to combine the best aspects of travel guides and user-generated reviews for divers to plan their adventures.