David Bellerive | Making Infrastructure Work for People

I build delivery systems inside public institutions and explain how infrastructure earns trust.

I’m David Bellerive, a bilingual public-sector strategist in Ottawa. I connect finance, procurement, and governance to execution people can feel: clearer decisions, tighter processes, and delivery that holds up under scrutiny.

$100M+ public-sector portfolio
20+ units aligned across operations and research
Delegated procurement authority under policy and audit constraints
Bilingual EN/FR executive-level and stakeholder engagement

I connect institutional logic with public outcomes. Whether I’m advising leadership on financial strategy or translating real projects into civic case studies, I make complex operations more legible, accountable, and workable. Public experience depends on what works behind the scenes.

What drives me is outcomes. I want institutions and infrastructure to work for people in practice, not just on paper. That’s why I build tools and processes that reduce friction, strengthen trust, and help teams deliver with confidence.

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What I do now, and what I’m building toward

Now: Institutional delivery

I work inside complex public operations, supporting execution through financial planning cycles, delegated procurement authority, audit readiness, and cross-functional coordination.

Public: Infrastructure literacy

Through Rail Fans Canada and independent writing, I translate real-world projects into legible case studies. This includes governance, constraints, trade-offs, and what citizens actually experience.

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Next: Major project delivery

My focus is on roles where capital, governance, and public trust intersect at scale. I want to contribute to infrastructure delivery that is credible, resilient, and built to last.

Strategic Experience

Beyond my civic work, I serve as a financial planning and reporting advisor at the University of Ottawa. I oversee and analyze multi-million-dollar budgets, steward procurement under policy constraints, and produce strategic reporting that supports executive decision-making.

This role grounds my perspective in the realities of public infrastructure, where ambition meets constraints and systems must perform under pressure. It also shapes how I think about governance, communication, and the quiet mechanics that determine whether public infrastructure succeeds or fails.

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Public Infrastructure, Explained

I produce visual, research-driven content through Rail Fans Canada and independent projects. I document and analyze Canadian transit and infrastructure developments as they unfold, examining how public systems are planned, governed, and delivered in practice, and how trust is earned or lost along the way.

My aim is not commentary for its own sake. It is to make institutional execution legible to the public.

My Latest Video

I create videos that examine how public systems function in practice, using infrastructure and transit projects to make complex challenges easier to understand.

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Thumbnail of latest video created by David Bellerive, Coast to Coast 2025: The Evolving State of Passenger Rail in Canada

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

Public infrastructure needs more than vision: it needs discipline, institutional credibility, and people who can connect ambition with accountability.

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

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