David Bellerive | Making Infrastructure Work for People

I help make infrastructure work for everyone.

Hello there! I’m David Bellerive, a bilingual public-sector strategist in Ottawa. I guide large organizations through processes — procurement, coordination, reporting, and execution. My work is always aimed at one goal: to turn ideas into delivery people can trust.

I connect institutional logic with public meaning. Whether I’m advising leadership on budget strategy or breaking down transit systems for the public, I make complex operations legible, accountable, and efficient. The same operational clarity I bring to finance and procurement, I apply to larger infrastructure challenges, because what people experience depends on what works behind the scenes.

What drives me is simple: outcomes. I want institutions and infrastructure to work for people, not just on paper, but in practice. That’s why I build systems and practices that cut friction, build trust, and help teams deliver with confidence.

Explore My Work

Strategic Experience

Beyond my civic work, I serve as a financial planning and reporting advisor in the higher education sector. I oversee and analyze multi-million-dollar budgets, produce strategic reports, and guide decisions that balance institutional goals, operational complexity, and public accountability. Working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, I help enable outcomes that are both practical and transformative.

This role grounds my perspective in the realities of large-scale delivery: where ambition meets constraints and systems must work under pressure. It also informs how I think about governance, communication, and the quiet mechanics that make public infrastructure succeed (or fail).

What I Bring to the Table

YouTube Channels

I am actively involved in producing visual content for Rail Fans Canada and other independent projects. I specialize in photography, videography, and research-driven storytelling that brings infrastructure and transit systems to life.

Whether I am breaking down complex operations or sharing behind-the-scenes insights, my goal is to present urban design and transit topics in a way that's accessible, informative, and visually compelling.

My Latest Video

I create videos that break down infrastructure, transit, and public systems where I combine research, visuals, and storytelling to make the complex more accessible.

Watch the latest, and if it resonates, please consider subscribing.

Thumbnail of latest video created by David Bellerive, Stage 2 LRT Testing - September 2025

Let's build the systems that shape what's next.

Public infrastructure needs more than vision: it needs people who can connect delivery with meaning, and ambition with accountability. That's the work I want to do.

I bring a unique mix of operational experience, civic insight, and creative strategy to complex systems. Whether you're leading a major project, designing a public platform, or scaling delivery capacity, I'd love to be part of that conversation, and that team.

If you’re hiring, collaborating, or building something that needs both delivery and trust, let’s talk.

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