Brian Whitesell went to work at Volvo Trucks in 1987 in Allentown, Pennsylvania (a city in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania), and remained there for the rest of his career.
After graduation in 1987, he went to work at Mack Trucks in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as a mechanical engineer. Whitesell transferred to Mack Trucks' office in Columbia, South Carolina. 
