James Pitaro is co-president of Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG), the interactive entertainment segment of The Walt Disney Company.

In his role, Mr. Pitaro oversees Disney Online, which serves as the online, mobile web, and social media gateway to everything Disney. Disney Online produces number one ranked community-family and parenting web destinations, made up of Disney.com and the Disney Family network of websites, which includes Disney Family.com, FamilyFun.com, Kaboose.com, and Babyzone.com. Mr. Pitaro also oversees DigiSynd, which manages The Walt Disney Company's brand presence in the social media space.

Prior to joining DIMG, Mr. Pitaro served as vice president of Yahoo! Media where he was responsible for guiding the strategic growth and continued development of Yahoo!'s media properties. Prior to that role, Mr. Pitaro was vice president and general manager of Yahoo! Sports where he was credited with leading the website to its position as the number one online sports destination. Previous to that role, Mr. Pitaro served as vice president and head of business affairs for Yahoo! Music, where he was instrumental in making it the web's number one music site.

Before joining the Yahoo! team, Mr. Pitaro was vice president of business affairs for LAUNCH Media, Inc and practiced law at several New York firms.

Mr. Pitaro holds a Bachelor of Science in economics from Cornell University and a Juris Doctor from St. John's Law School.