Mr. Chess spent 37 years at General Motors. In his most recent assignment, Mr. Chess had global product responsibility for all Crossover Vehicles. Prior to that, he was responsible for General Motors Commercial Vehicles, Class 3 through 8 including the mid and full size vans and the medium-duty product line, Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC Top Kick. Prior to 16 years in various product development assignments, he spent 21 years in manufacturing, starting his career at Indianapolis Metal Fabricating in 1975. His last assignment at the plant level was Superintendent of Manufacturing Engineering where he lead the engineering for body-in-whites. He transferred to Pontiac Michigan in 1992 to lead the consolidation of the Metal Fabrication plant manufacturing engineering activities. Before moving onto product development, Ray was responsible for all die, fabrication and body shop engineering for the General Motors Truck Group. Mr. Chess received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (with distinction) from Kettering University and an MBA from Indiana University.
