Summary
Spencer Handley is a software engineer, designer, entrepreneur, and musician who currently leads Sonora - Hybrid Learning Intensives as CEO, based in Nashville. He blends technical leadership with a passion for helping artists and musicians thrive through modern learning and technology. Previously, he was a Product Engineering Leader at Patreon, where he helped steer growth and platform initiatives to empower creators. He has a track record as a founder, having started PodClear (acquired by Blab.im) and built ventures focused on education, creator tools, and social impact, including One Language One Poster and Fill and Build. As a consultant and adviser, he has guided teams through pivots and product launches, and he remains active in teaching courses and workshops on web technologies, travel, exercise, languages, and music. Based in the Nashville area, he brings entrepreneurial grit, hands-on software craft, and an artist's sensibility to product strategy and delivery.
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, Entreprenurship, Certificate, Entreprenurship at Draper University
Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Musicology and Ethnomusicology at University of California, Los Angeles
Certificate, Chinese, Certificate, Chinese at Yunnan University
Hack Reactor
Startup Incubator, Startup Incubator at Draper Incubator
English, Chinese