Dr Brendan D'Cruz

An academic/education management and information technology career background including L/SL/PL and Head of Department roles in multiple universities.

Professional body consultancy and career roles with an emphasis on business change and transformation, responsible project management, qualifications development and apprenticeships, training and capability development.
Pracudemic activities in housing, property management and community development has involved working for/with housing associations including Riverside (Veterans Project Manager), Newport City Homes (Programme Manager - Business Transformation), Social Care Wales (Project & Programme Manager), Cynon Taf Community Housing Group (Board Member), Cwm Taf Care & Repair (Board Member), Trinity Childcare & Family Centre Aberfan (Trustee).

• The Centre for Research in Accountability, Governance and Sustainability (CRAGS)
• Institute of Artificial Intelligence (IAI)

• 17/7/26: Hoarding Behaviours: Do Housing Associations Help or Hinder?, Lunch & Learn session for Cynon Taf Community Housing Group.
• 23/3/23: Enabling Responsible Transformation, webinar for BCS Project Management Specialist Group.
• 29/9/22: Responsible Transformation: What is it and Why does it Matter?, Transformation Leaders Hub (interactive webinar).
• Sept/Oct 2022: Community Networking in Ynysowen, facilitation of six community learning sessions funded by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council ‘Community Cohesion’ grant.
• 25/11/21: Ethics, Projects and ICT, webinar to students at University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) on behalf of the British Computer Society.
• 27/10/20: Successful P3M Initiatives: Why Independent Assurance Will Help, iCoTech Services Ltd lunchtime learning session (webinar).
• 18/12/19 and 26/5/20: ‘It’s a change initiative, Jim, but not as we know it’, BCS Project Management Specialist Group session in London (event) and BCS Mid-Wales (webinar).
• May 2013: D’Cruz, B.; IT Project Failure: Why the Project Manager is Not Solely to Blame, Project Manager Today.
• Various other early career academic publications and professional body interactions.

• Housing & Property Management
• Community Development
• Project & Programme Management
• Business Transformation
• Responsible Project Management

• Business and Organizational Performance
• Organizational Policies
• People Management

• B.Sc. (Hons) Computing & Informatics
• Pg.Cert. Postgraduate Supervision
• Pg.Dip. Learning & Teaching in HE
• Ph.D. in Computational Intelligence
• Assessing Competence & Vocational Achievement (L3 Certificate).

Senior Housing & Property Management (L4 Apprenticeship)

Chaired the Data Sub-Group (Community Action Steering Group) supporting the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Regional Partnership Board for Population Needs and Wellbeing 2021 projects.

• Chartered IT Professional (CITP)
• Chartered Engineer (CEng)
• Chartered Project Professional (ChPP)
• FHEA

Agile PM Practitioner, Prince 2 Practitioner (lapsed).

Delivered the Volunteering for Opportunity, Inspiration, Confidence & Employability (VOICE) project to enhance volunteering capacity and capability in the community for future Invest Local Ynysowen (ILY) activities and projects, working on behalf of Trinity Childcare & Family Centre.
Led the Connecting People: Tackling Loneliness and Isolation project which became the continuing Wellbeing and Health in Ynysowen (WHY) network from 2022.

Led on branding, communications, social media development, financial governance and stakeholder engagement aspects associated with the ILY programme.

Led the design and development of APM’s Project Professional Qualification (PPQ) acting as Chief Examiner and Chair the Examination Technical Assurance Group (E-TAG) responsible for setting standards, ensuring the suitability of exam papers and quality reviewing the assessment undertaken by the pool of examiners for all PPQ exam papers: Professionalism & Managing Others, Planning & Control, Governance, Project Management, Programme Management, Portfolio Management.

Established APM’s Registered Project Professional (RPP) designation and led the design and implementation of verification processes from inception through to RPP refresh in 2016.

• Care & Repair Cymru National Conference (Sept 2026)
• Community Housing Cymru Conference (July 2026)

• August 2012: A Strategic Review of the APM Student Challenge [Consultant].
• Jan 2009 – Dec 2010: Realising Benefits and Behavioural Change from Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC), teaching and learning project funded by University of Wales, Newport [Project Leader].
• Aug 2006 – March 2008: BRIDGE Russia - International Logistics and Supply Chain Management, project to design and validate CPD educational programme funded by British Council/DfES with the Ural State University of Economics, Russia [Project Manager].
• April 2003 - March 2004: Bridging the Gap: Graduate Retention and SMEs in Northamptonshire, consultancy project funded by Northamptonshire Partnership [Project Team]
• March 2003 - June 2003: Strategic Information Systems E-Learning Pilot project funded by University of Northampton [Project Leader].
• June 2002 - Oct 2002: Knowledge Management Review: Northamptonshire County Council, consultancy project [Project Team and Subject Matter Expert].