Michael Smith

Chief Technology Officer at Cubic Transportation Systems

Little Silver, New Jersey, United States

About Michael Smith

Michael Smith is Chief Technology Officer at Cubic Transportation Systems. Location: Little Silver, New Jersey, United States.

Technology executive specializing in platform engineering, enterprise platform modernization, and cloud transformation across complex, regulated environments. I lead large-scale modernization where systems cannot fail, technical debt constrains the business, and speed, resilience, cost, and risk all matter. My work centers on modernizing legacy platforms into cloud-native, modern engineering operating models that improve delivery performance, reduce operating cost, and strengthen reliability across high-stakes environments. As CTO, I led enterprise-wide platform transformation and scaled global engineering organizations of 1,500+ professionals supporting a $2B portfolio. I partner with executive teams to align technology strategy with business outcomes—margin expansion, operational efficiency, customer trust, regulatory confidence, and program recovery. My background combines deep system architecture expertise with enterprise-scale execution. I stay close to architecture and design decisions across APIs, data flows, distributed systems, and security—ensuring modernization is not only strategic, but technically sound and executable. I have leveraged AI-enabled engineering practices to accelerate code generation, requirements intelligence, testing, and enterprise knowledge search—improving engineering velocity, reducing rework, and strengthening traceability across complex environments. Core focus areas: - Platform Engineering and Enterprise Platform Modernization - AI-Enabled Engineering and Developer Productivity - Cloud Transformation, APIs, and Distributed Systems - Engineering Operations, Reliability, and Software Delivery - Global Engineering Leadership and Program Recovery

Skills

  • Mission-Critical Systems
  • Global Engineering Leadership
  • Program Recovery

Additional experience

  • Director, Head of System Engineering / Head of OT Cybersecurity

    Siemens

    March 2018 – May 2024

Education

  • MS, Monmouth University
  • BS, Kean University