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Jim Smith

With more than 25 years in the tire, automotive and trucking industries and 35 years in communications, Jim's experience includes stints as a newspaper reporter and editor, corporate and brand PR manager, advertising creative and account management, and tire industry magazine editor. A journalism major at Kent State University, Smith worked for a number of newspapers before joining a tire industry magazine in 1984. In 1988, he joined Bridgestone Americas in brand and corporate public relations roles, and later joined Nashville's Stumpf Bartels Advertising in 1991 as an account executive, rising to the position of vice president in 1998. Jim became Tire Review's eighth editor in its 109-year history in October 1999.r

Latest From Jim Smith

New Chief, New Offices, New Sponsorship, Renewed Attitude at Pirelli

When he took over as chairman and CEO of Pirelli Tire North America, Mauro Pessi was certainly no stranger to the tiremaker or its parent, Pirelli Tyre. After a year as CEO of Italian brake component maker Brembo, Pessi, 43, returned to his roots when he became head of Pirelli’s North American operations. Tire Review interviewed Pessi at PTNA’s new offices near Grand Central Terminal in midtown Manhattan.

Executive Interview
Executive Interview with Bill Caldwell, VP of Sales and Marketing for Continental Tire the Americas, Passenger and Light Truck Tire Unit

New VP sees numerous opportunities for Continental to score.

Executive Interview
Tire Review Blog: Retail Pioneer Changed Tire Biz

Little noted in the run-up to the holidays was the Dec. 14 passing of Sol Price, 93, a man described as a “business visionary.” Certainly he changed the face of retailing — particularly tire retailing.

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