Huber is a native of Hammond, IN, and a graduate of General Motors Institute with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.  Upon graduation from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University), he was selected as a GM fellow and attended Harvard University where he was awarded a master’s degree in business administration.

Huber joined GM’s Electro-Motive Division as a co-op engineering student in 1972 and held a variety of engineering, operations and marketing roles before joining OnStar.  His positions included Director of the Aftermarket Business, General Director of Aftermarket Parts and Service, and General Director Sales, Marketing and Product Support.

In 1994, Huber was selected by the U.S. Department of Defense and General Motors as the first Industrial Fellow to attend the National Defense University’s Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C.  He graduated in June 1995 with a Master of Science Degree in National Resource Strategy.  In May 2005, he was the first industrial student inductee into the U.S. Department of Defense Industrial College of Armed Forces Hall of Fame.

Huber is a former faculty member of the Benedictine University’s MBA Program and is currently a member of the Board of Directors for XM Satellite Radio Inc. In 2005, he was appointed by the Bush Administration to serve on a Federal Advisory Committee for the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Injury Prevention and Control.

Speeches
LEADING THE TELEMATICS REVOLUTION: Creating Relevance And A Responsible Business
OnStar State-of-the-State
The X Internet: The Next Voyage, "Extending The Internet" Forrester Executive Strategy Forum, November 7, 2001, Boston, MA
Driving Innovation at OnStar, an interview with Chet Huber on October 14, 2002
"On The Road," CTIA Wireless 2002, March 18, 2002, Orlando, FL
Launching Advanced Automatic Crash Notification (AACN), Convergence 2002, October 23, 2002, Detroit, MI
Autoline Detroit