Company

About Webel

Webel is a Seattle-based AI company founded in 2026 by Chris Spanton and Brian Spanton. You know your business. We know AI. With Webel, your team can collaborate in shared tools to turn plain-English requirements into working software.

Chris Spanton, co-founder and CEO of Webel
Chris SpantonCo-founder and CEO

Chris leads Webel’s organizational growth and strategy. He helped expand Practice Partner before its acquisition by McKesson, TranSenda before its acquisition by BioClinica, and Array Health before its acquisition by GetInsured.

After completing his MBA, Chris directed strategy and execution at T-Mobile across cloud infrastructure, emerging technologies, and cybersecurity operations. He has also evaluated software as a buyer for organizations ranging from small businesses to large enterprises.

6 issued and 2 pending US patents · Bloomberg · Washington State Senate

Brian Spanton, co-founder and CTO of Webel
Brian SpantonCo-founder and CTO

Brian leads Webel’s core platform architecture and technology. He spent two decades designing systems at Microsoft across Windows, Xbox, and Azure, and later directed social-graph privacy initiatives at Meta.

His work focuses on large-scale software and emerging technology. Before Webel, Brian managed AI implementation at Spring Health.

4 US patents · Includes Xbox backward-compatibility GPU emulation architecture

Alex Leigh, partner at Webel
Alex LeighPartner

Alex brings three decades of engineering leadership across sourcing, demand management, ERP, and enterprise analytics. He served as CTO of Arigo, Pivotstream, and QODY, working directly with customers to develop business software.

At Doyenz, he architected proprietary petabyte-scale storage technology and led operations at multi-petabyte scale. More recently, he led engineering teams developing Spring Guide, Spring Health’s consumer-facing AI experience.