Jack Pitney, Vice President, Marketing, joined BMW of North America in 1995. Working at the company's headquarters for North America, he is currently responsible for marketing and product development for the BMW brand in the United States.

Prior to this position, Pitney was Vice President of MINI, where he spearheaded the brand's reintroduction to the United States. Previous to this, Pitney was head of Corporate Communications, where he was responsible for BMW of North America's overall communications strategies, media and analyst relations, TV and film product placement, and U.S. employee communications.

Before joining BMW of North America, LLC, Pitney worked at Mazda Motor of America's US headquarters in California as Manager, Corporate Communications.

Pitney has previously worked as Vice President at Hill and Knowlton, Los Angeles, heading the Mazda account and as Vice President at GCI Group/Los Angeles where he oversaw the launch of Infiniti, Nissan's luxury car division.

Pitney began his public relations career in New York City where he worked for Ruder Finn Public Relations, Hill Holliday Connors Cosmopulos Advertising, and Bauer & Rosner Marketing Communications.

Pitney began his career in the advertising department at a local newspaper in Brooklyn, New York.

Pitney earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Occidental College. He was born in Stamford, CT in 1963.