GM picks 'homerooms,' leaders for three architectures
Mid-sized SUV, Cadillac-Sigma groups put in U.S.

By Jason Stein
Automotive News / January 11, 2005

DETROIT -- General Motors has announced the assignment of three major global engineering centers and the appointment of vehicle line executives for each architectural development center, or "homeroom."

In an internal memo Tuesday, the automaker announced its Australian subsidiary, Holden, will be the homeroom for GM's Zeta rear-wheel-drive premium vehicles led by Gene Stefanyshyn.

Stefanyshyn is currently the vehicle line executive for GM's Epsilon front-drive, mid-sized car architecture.

Jerry Gillespie, the vehicle line executive for GM's Theta mid-sized SUV vehicles, will lead Theta in the United States with significant help from GM Daewoo Auto & Technology.

GM's Sigma architecture, used on rear- and all-wheel-drive Cadillac vehicles, will be homeroomed in the United States led by Randy Schwarz, Sigma's current vehicle line executive.

GM will appoint one chief engineer for each homeroom within one month. Two more homerooms will be announced by the summer.