Brian Wells is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Merlin International where he is responsible for the company’s strategy and vision to continually provide commercial and government customers with optimal, secure, integrated and sustainable solutions that enable them to meet business and mission requirements. Brian brings over 35 years of leadership experience in the hospital, physician, academic, medical center and payer information systems areas.

Before joining Merlin, Brian most recently served as the Associate Vice President of Health Technology and Academic Computing for the University of Pennsylvania Health System / Perelman School of Medicine where he led large teams of developers and academic computing support staff. Brian also held a leadership position at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, was the Founder and CTO of InteHealth, Inc and spent 17 prior years developing healthcare software products. Brian holds a Bachelor’s of Technology degree in Computer Systems from Rochester Institute of Technology where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and a Master’s of Business Administration from Villanova University. Brian is a HIMSS Fellow and frequent speaker on panels and at conferences across the nation.