Summary
Spencer Handley is a multidisciplinary technology leader and founder with 11 years of experience building web products, startups, and learning platforms that serve artists and creators. As CEO of Sonora he blends accelerated learning software, curated curricula, and mentorship to transform how musicians gain mastery, and previously led Growth and Platform engineering at Patreon to help artists thrive. He founded PodClear, a browser-based, broadcast-quality remote recording startup acquired into Blab.im, and has a track record of launching and pivoting products across multiple ventures and consultancies. Spencer pairs deep front-end and full-stack engineering chops with design sensibility and entrepreneurial grit—skills honed by diverse projects from language-learning tools to outsourced-manufacturing software. He also teaches modern web technologies, studies AI, speaks Chinese, and funds initiatives through music, reflecting a rare mix of technical leadership and creative practice.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Startup Incubator, Startup Incubator at Startup Chile
AA Music Composition, AA Music Composition at College of the Canyons
Certificate Artificial Intelligence, Certificate Artificial Intelligence at Deep Atlas
Certificate Entreprenurship, Certificate Entreprenurship at Draper University
University of California, Los Angeles
Certificate Chinese, Certificate Chinese at Yunnan University
Hack Reactor
Startup Incubator, Startup Incubator at Draper Incubator
English, Chinese