Adrian Ruddock

Adrian Ruddock has a diverse work experience in the IT sector. Adrian is currently working as the Executive Director - Digital & Technology at NCS - National Citizen Service Trust since June 2022. Prior to this role, Adrian held the position of Director of Information Systems at NCS from July 2019 to June 2022. Before joining NCS, they worked at VSO for over a decade, where they had various roles such as Global Solutions Delivery Manager, IT Development Manager, Lead Developer, CUSO International Secondment, Software Developer, and Applications Support Officer. Adrian also has prior experience as an IT Analyst Programmer at St. Paul Companies. Throughout their career, they have undertaken responsibilities such as managing technology change programs, overseeing project portfolios, managing relationships with stakeholders and end users, running tendering processes, and delivering IT development projects. Adrian has expertise in software development, platform design, bug fixing, maintenance, and application support.

Adrian Ruddock has a Diploma in Computing from The Manchester Metropolitan University, which they obtained between 1998 and 2000. Prior to that, they attended Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke from 1996 to 1998, where they studied A Levels. In terms of additional certifications, Adrian obtained the following:

- Administration Essentials for New Admins (ADM201) from salesforce.com in April 2013

- ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management from QA Ltd in November 2012

- Prince 2 Practitioner from QA Ltd in September 2012

- Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner from QA Ltd in March 2012

- DSDM Atern Foundation from APM Group in January 2008.