John Manoogian II

In 2020, Manoogian served as Director of Design for Quadrobot Corporation, founded in 2017 by Mike Tianye Wang, a former student of Manoogian. The company is developing an autonomous, electric last mile delivery vehicle.

At Cadillac, Manoogian's work spanned from the hastily conceived and oft derided Cimarron to the second generation Cadillac CTS Coupe, winner of the Motor Trend Car of the Year, Best Concept Car Design & Best Vehicle Design award at the 2008 North American International Auto Show, as well as the production and concept categories at EyesOn Design, an event judged by noted vehicle designers.

After joining the General Motors Design Staff in 1976, Manoogian acted as Assistant Chief Designer at Saturn Exterior, Pontiac Exterior, Cadillac Exterior; Chief Designer at Pontiac Exterior; Executive Vehicle Chief Designer at Buick, Chevrolet, Pontiac Exterior; and Director of Design at Cadillac Exterior. He designed two Presidential Limousines, 2006 and 2009; and interviewed and hired college graduates for design positions at GM Design. He has served as a Sheet Metal Subject Matter Expert and holds 3 design patents.

Manoogian was born in Detroit to Rose Violet Manoogian (1922-2018) and John Albert Manoogian (1921-2016), a former Marine in World War II — and later, manager of the Alpha Project, Ford Motor Company's advanced manufacturing program.