Brian Wells is Director of Healthcare Strategy for Merlin International. Brian brings over 35 years of leadership experience in the hospital, physician, academic, medical center and payer information systems areas. Brian leverages his extensive healthcare IT experience in building and executing on a strategy to grow Merlin’s healthcare line of business in the commercial market.

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 a team of 60 software developers focused on web applications, data integration and data warehousing analytics. Brian also held a leadership position at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and was the Founder and CTO of InteHealth, Inc. 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.