Manager of Transit Fleet Engineering & Asset Management at the City of Mississauga – MiWay Transit.
Stephen Bacchus is the Manager of Transit Fleet Engineering & Asset Management at the City of Mississauga – MiWay Transit. He is directly responsible for the asset management and engineering for 500 MiWay transit buses and 80 light-duty fleet support vehicles, with a replacement value of over $620 million. Stephen manages the technical support, procurement, asset management, capital program, and data analytics teams that provide evidence-based recommendations to inform budgets, strategic plans, and operations and maintenance. MiWay has ambitious plans over the next decade to decarbonize transit fleet, by transitioning away from a predominately diesel fleet and towards a zero-emission future which includes hydrogen electric fuel cell and battery-electric buses. Stephen is passionate about tackling challenging, multi-faceted problems head on, working with equally passionate people to solve the environmental, humanitarian, and societal issues of our day, while also recognizing that we need government, business, not-for-profits and for-profits, and every individual engaged in building a better future for our communities.