# Will Mayo

> Will Mayo founded SpokenLayer, the audio publishing business that turns written stories into spoken content. A Lehigh-trained engineer with experience at Intel and Goldman Sachs, he moved from CEO to chief strategy officer in July 2019. He is now based in Austin, where he founded Nordsprings and works in wooden bathing-system design and craft.

- **Role:** Founder and owner/cooper at Nordsprings; founder of SpokenLayer
- **Organizations:** Nordsprings, SpokenLayer, AUDIOis, Intel, Goldman Sachs, Lehigh University, Johns Hopkins University
- **Education:** BS, Electrical Engineering; studies in Product Design, Lehigh University, MS, Computer Engineering; studies in Ergonomics, Lehigh University
- **Known for:** Founded SpokenLayer and developed an audio publishing service used by media organizations including TIME and Smithsonian., Created graduate research on collaborative music notation and editing software., Built a career combining engineering, product design and audio production.

## Career timeline

- **2006-2007** — Worked at Intel as an implementation design engineer.
- **2007** — Worked at Goldman Sachs on algorithmic trading strategy and visualization.
- **2008-2010** — Supervised a prototyping and 3D-printing lab at Lehigh University while completing graduate study.
- **2009** — Taught engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
- **2010** — Completed his Lehigh master’s degree and developed his early audio software company.
- **2012** — SpokenLayer publicly launched at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC in May.
- **2013** — Participated in Matter’s inaugural accelerator class.
- **2014** — SpokenLayer relaunched as a business-to-business publisher service.
- **2019** — Moved from SpokenLayer CEO to chief strategy officer in July, as Andy Lipset became CEO.
- **2023** — Professional-history listing dates the start of his Nordsprings owner/cooper role and SpokenLayer board role to this year.

## Achievements

- Founded SpokenLayer and developed an audio publishing service used by media organizations including TIME and Smithsonian.
- Created graduate research on collaborative music notation and editing software.
- Built a career combining engineering, product design and audio production.
- Founded Nordsprings, an Austin maker of wooden thermal bathing systems.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — At research time, his public LinkedIn profile places him in Austin and identifies Nordsprings as his current organization; its official site features him and describes its hand-built bathing systems.
- **2023-06** — Published LinkedIn articles on targeted audiences and audio as augmented reality.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wrmayo
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/wrmayo
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/wrmayo

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Last updated: 2026-10-25