Bryan Nesbitt, GM Executive Director of Design Body Frame Integral Architectures Design Center

Bryan Nesbitt, GM Executive Director of Design Body Frame Integral Architectures Design Center
Bryan Nesbitt was named Executive Director of Design, Body-Frame Integral Architectures, at General Motors Design in January 2002.

He is responsible for GM's unibody architecture designs. These include small, midsize, large and mid-luxury cars; Chevrolet Corvette and Cadillac's rear-wheel-drive lineup; and front-wheel-drive minivans and crossover vehicles.

Nesbitt joined GM in April 2001 as the chief designer for Chevrolet at the Design Center in Warren, Mich. Presently, he is engaged in the re-design of numerous GM portfolio entries for the North American Market. Also, Nesbitt is working on Chevrolet vision portfolio for future entries from the brand, and visually defining brand essence.

He came to GM after seven years at DaimlerChrysler Corp., where he was mostly a design manager and the primary exterior designer for the production version of the 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser. Nesbitt also was responsible for several concepts, including the 1999 PT Cruiser concept vehicles, the 1998 Chrysler Pronto Cruizer and the 1997 Chrysler Composite Concept Vehicle, made of lightweight, recyclable composite materials.

A native of Phoenix, Ariz., Nesbitt received a bachelor's degree in industrial design from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif., in 1993. Nesbitt, who was born on Jan. 24, 1969, also studied architecture and industrial design at Georgia Institute of Technology.