South Wales branch: Committee
Here are the members of the South Wales branch committee.
Chair
Andy Bellamy BSc (Hons) PGCertHE MBCS FHEA
Employer: University of South Wales
Position: Senior Lecturer
Email: swales-chair@bcs.org.uk
Hobbies: Tech researcher and motorbike enthusiast
X: @thenerdfather
Vice Chair and STEM - Lego MindStorms Working Group Leader
Paul Bulmer BSc BEng MBA MIMMM CITP FBCS CEng
Employer: Retired from Tata Steel
Position: Systems Development
Email: paul.bulmer@gmail.com
Hobbies: Working for voluntary groups such as promoting STEM subjects, Travel and mountain biking.
Interests: Science, Engineering, AI, Software Engineering, History of computing.
Chair of Mid-Wales
branch and Aberystwyth University Coordinator
Fred Long
Email: midwales.chair@bcs.org
Treasurer
Jonathan Fish
Email: swales-treas@bcs.org.uk
Inclusion Officer
Elaine Haigh MBCS
Employer: Cardiff University
Position: Senior Lecturer
Email: HaighE1@Cardiff.ac.uk
Interests: Cybersecurity, with a focus on co-creation and developing student employability through the development of both technical and personal skills.
Other BC interests: member of the BCS in Wales, and the Enterprise Architect Specialist Group.
Membership and Branch Secretary
Michael Warman FBCS
Employer: DWR Cymru
Position: Product Owner & Business Analyst
Email: swales-sec@bcs.org.uk
Interests: Tools, techniques and approaches for product owners and business analysis, agile techniques. Strategy and Business Architecture.
Other BC interests: member of the BCS in Wales, and the Enterprise Architect Specialist Group.
Computer Heritage
Coordinator
John Tucker
Employer: Swansea University
Position: Professor, Computer Science
Interests: the historical development of data and computing and their influence on society.
He founded the University’s History of Computing Collection and the new Swansea research group called Educational, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Computing. Professor Tucker is also an expert on the history and heritage of science and technology in Wales.
Industry Liaison
Rob Ludman
Employer: Ludman Consulting Ltd
Position: IT Service Management Consultant
Email: rob@ludmanconsulting.co.uk
X: @roblud
Industry Liaison for Software Development
Steven Mason
Employer: Detected Ltd
Role: IT Operations & QA Lead
Hobbies and Interests: Virtual Reality, Computer gaming, motor vehicles and space VR (Virtual Reality) and Technology.
Events Co-ordinator
Dr Simon Field CEng FBCS ACII Chartered Insurer
Employer: Ardoq
Position: Senior Enterprise Architect
Hobbies: The clavichord, walking
Interest: Enterprise Design, Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture
Committee Member & Young Professional Council Member
Jonathan Ayodele
Work: Budding Cybersecurity Professional/ Cybersecurity Awareness Educator
Interests: Cybersecurity, Cybercrime prevention, Cyber forensics, Cyber resilience, Cybersecurity capacity building
Hobbies: Tennis, Volunteering, Travelling
X: @Jonat_ayo
Early Careers Liaison Officer
Dr 'Shinie' Vibhushinie Bentotahewa BA(Hons), MA, PhD, PgCTap, FHEA, MBCS
Position: Lecturer in Cybersecurity
Hobbies: Reading case studies related to cyber security and camping
Interests: CyberFirst ambassador, STEM ambassador, Mentor and Faculty advisor of the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) student chapter at Cardiff Met
Member
Kapilan Radhakrishnan
Work: University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Position: Academic Director
Hobbies: Cricket, Badminton & gardening
Interests: Networks, cybersecurity, and AI
Volunteering opportunities
Please contact Andy Bellamy, if you able to support your local community.
- Publicity Co-ordinator (Events, Social, and Website)
- Website Co-ordinator
- Branch Secretary
- Disability Support Officer
- Membership Secretary
- Education Liaison Officer
- Industry Liaison Officer
- Co-opted Committee Member
