Stuart McNeil is a Senior Lecturer for the Cardiff Metropolitan University, within the Department for Computing and Information Systems in the Cardiff School of Technologies where he is Programme Director for Computing for Interaction - BSc (Hons) Degree and Computing with Creative Design - BSc (Hons) Degree and year tutor for the BSc Software Engineering , BSc Computing and BSc Business Information Systems Undergraduate programmes. Additionally, Stuart is the Module Leader for MSc and BSc Technology Project Management

* Professional Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS)

* Member of the British Computer Society, Human Computer Interface group

* Member of the Association for Computing Machinery – Special Interest group

*Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (FRSA)

*Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

He has previously worked within the interactive media sector for numerous years and gained awards including a BAFTA and other awards. Working with some of the UKs leading companies, developing creative solutions to the interactive problems of their trade, this real-world experience ignited a drive to attain the highest of standards in design practice. Stuart was the Managing Director of Deft Design for 17 years , this experience proved foundational in the understandings of directing a company and managing creative and highly skilled projects and teams. Stuart was a founding charity director and trustee of ‘Pedestrian Arts’ Charitable Non-Profit National Arts Company for 13 years. Judicially, Stuart reviews papers for and is a member of the British Computer Society, Human Computer Interface group and has been a Judge for BAFTA, The Golden Pixel Awards and the Celtic Film Festival . Additionally, Stuart has held numerous External Examiner and Moderator roles at many universities around the world, these have seen him attain a global perspective into Computing and Design.