Cubic Transportation Systems
- BS, University of Western Australia, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- MAS, University of California, San Diego, Wireless Embedded Systems
Katie Busch-Sorensen is principal solutions architect for Cubic Transportation Systems in San Diego, where she works on innovative, customer-focused, technical solutions for transit agencies throughout the world. Busch-Sorensen also works with the Smart Boarder Coalition on solutions to improve regional border crossing times and increase growth of the Mexican/US bi-national region.
She graduated from University of Western Australia (UWA), where she earned her dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In 2015 she completed her Master of Science degree in Wireless Embedded Systems at the University of California, San Diego.
Upon graduating from UWA, Busch-Sorensen worked for ERG in Perth, Australia, as an electronics engineer working on controller designs for transit applications. She then worked for Two Way TV, a start-up company, in London, England, designing remote control and video boards, while travelling to Hong Kong and China to support off-shore manufacturing. Two years later, she joined Cubic Transportation Systems, continuing her passion to work in an industry with strong ties to lowering the human environmental footprint and promoting cultural equity.
Busch-Sorensen is an active member of Lean In, an organization encouraging women to accomplish amazing things. She also supports Cubic’s STEM activities geared toward high school students.