Assembling SUVs in Texas with Alan Wexler
2025-07-30
By Sarah Foss, manager, manufacturing communications
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Alan Wexler is General Motors' senior VP of strategy and transformation. Since joining GM in 2020, he's served as the company's strategic orchestrator—connecting dots across the enterprise, challenging assumptions with data, and driving transformation to help lead GM into the future.
Wexler recently tried out a new skill: vehicle assembly.
Last month, he took to the plant floor at GM’s Arlington Assembly in Texas, where we build our portfolio of full-size SUVs1 - including the Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Yukon XL, and the Cadillac Escalade. Watch the video below to see Wexler as he puts his manufacturing skills to the test.
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From stamping and body shop to the final line and vehicle testing, Wexler saw first-hand the quality checks, technical skills, and detail work that helps ensure we deliver world-class vehicles to customers across the globe - and the people, innovations, and technology that keeps the line moving.
“It was amazing to see the vehicle go from a stamped roof panel all the way through to testing on the final line,” Wexler says. “Seeing that transformation gave me a deeper appreciation for the people and the craftmanship behind every vehicle we build.”
For Wexler, the trip to Arlington was a full-circle personal moment. His father spent his career as a pressman in printing factories, while Wexler spent 10 years early in his own career leading software design and development of planning systems for the New York Times’ manufacturing facilities. Walking onto the factory floor took him right back to those memories.
“Today meant a lot to me. Everyone I worked with was so helpful and welcoming. It reminded me of visiting my dad at work, and I felt him with me throughout the day,” says Wexler. “I’m really grateful to the Arlington team for the opportunity - it was truly special.”
“A Day in the Plant” follows GM senior leaders as they shadow jobs throughout our manufacturing locations, working side-by-side with team members and getting a first-hand look at what it takes to build our vehicles and components.
Check out other installments from this series:
Learn more about Arlington Assembly:
1 Assembled with U.S. and globally sourced parts.
Alan Wexler, GM senior VP of strategy and transformation, works alongside team members at the Arlington Assembly plant in Texas
Alan Wexler is General Motors' senior VP of strategy and transformation. Since joining GM in 2020, he's served as the company's strategic orchestrator—connecting dots across the enterprise, challenging assumptions with data, and driving transformation to help lead GM into the future.
Wexler recently tried out a new skill: vehicle assembly.
Last month, he took to the plant floor at GM’s Arlington Assembly in Texas, where we build our portfolio of full-size SUVs1 - including the Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Yukon XL, and the Cadillac Escalade. Watch the video below to see Wexler as he puts his manufacturing skills to the test.
From stamping and body shop to the final line and vehicle testing, Wexler saw first-hand the quality checks, technical skills, and detail work that helps ensure we deliver world-class vehicles to customers across the globe - and the people, innovations, and technology that keeps the line moving.
“It was amazing to see the vehicle go from a stamped roof panel all the way through to testing on the final line,” Wexler says. “Seeing that transformation gave me a deeper appreciation for the people and the craftmanship behind every vehicle we build.”
For Wexler, the trip to Arlington was a full-circle personal moment. His father spent his career as a pressman in printing factories, while Wexler spent 10 years early in his own career leading software design and development of planning systems for the New York Times’ manufacturing facilities. Walking onto the factory floor took him right back to those memories.
“Today meant a lot to me. Everyone I worked with was so helpful and welcoming. It reminded me of visiting my dad at work, and I felt him with me throughout the day,” says Wexler. “I’m really grateful to the Arlington team for the opportunity - it was truly special.”
“A Day in the Plant” follows GM senior leaders as they shadow jobs throughout our manufacturing locations, working side-by-side with team members and getting a first-hand look at what it takes to build our vehicles and components.
Check out other installments from this series:
Learn more about Arlington Assembly:
1Assembled with U.S. and globally sourced parts.
