William Pitts

William Pitts has served as an advisor and speechwriter for a U.S. senator, a communications director for the CEO of a Fortune 500 technology company and as an investment advisor at Bank of America in San Francisco.

Pitts has operated his own Business English Consulting company since 1985. His consulting business includes specific work on:

> English as a Second Language tutoring for professionals

> accent reduction

> American accent training

> Business English tutoring

> TEOFL and IELTS test preparation

> copywriting, speechwriting and editorial services

> media training

Pitts is a 1984 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, where he studied writing and was an editor of the university newspaper. He earned his MBA in Investment Management and Communications at Columbia Business School in 1996.

He is the author of 20 books about English, food and travel.

His website is http://learnenglishforlife.com