Summary
Stephen Bakalian is an experienced Government of Canada IT leader with 11 years building and managing application development teams and infrastructure at Transport Canada and other federal departments. Currently serving as Acting Manager, Application Development, he combines hands-on programming roots with repeated acting leadership roles that demonstrate adaptability across development, operations, and middleware domains. Stephen has progressed from student programmer to technical advisor and manager, bringing institutional knowledge of public-sector systems, governance and secure service delivery. Known for stepping into interim leadership during transitions, he excels at stabilizing teams, accelerating delivery, and translating policy-driven requirements into practical, auditable software solutions. Based in Ottawa and trained in computer science at Carleton University, he pairs technical depth with a track record of cross-functional collaboration across IT operations, QA and application development.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Carleton University