Aya Spencer
Venture Capital & Startups - North America at BLCK VC
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAya Spencer is a venture-facing operator who blends a decade of analytics and startup experience to help VCs and founders turn data into strategic insight. Currently building partnerships for AWS Startups and writing on innovation for Forbes, she navigates both the deal and narrative sides of the ecosystem. Her background in advanced analytics across finance and banking (MUFG, American Express, First Republic) includes designing dozens of detection algorithms for financial crime, showcasing deep applied model-building and domain expertise. As a Kapor Capital alum and BLCK VC board leader who founded a "Knowledge Share" series, she pairs ecosystem-building with practical diligence. Aya’s early work training intelligence clients in coding and query tooling hints at a longstanding ability to translate technical complexity for nontechnical stakeholders. Based in the U.S., she combines rigorous economic training with a practitioner's knack for shipping actionable analytics in high-stakes environments.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Economics, Bachelor of Science - BS Economics at The George Washington University
English, Japanese
Github Skills (2)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ayacancode/ayacancode.github.io
Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
Contributions:4 PRs, 59 pushes, 5 branches in 1 month
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