Executive Biography
Based at the U.S. headquarters of Siemens Healthineers in Malvern, Pennsylvania, Pacitti is responsible for leading the marketing, sales, service, and support functions in North America and Latin America, across the entire Siemens Healthineers portfolio, including medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, therapy solutions, and services.
Before joining Siemens Healthineers in 2015, Pacitti was Division Vice President of U.S. Commercial Operations, Sales, and Marketing at Abbott Vascular, overseeing the company’s business in North America. As a member of the Senior Executive Staff, he worked with the CEO, CFO, and Research & Development team on business development initiatives and played pivotal roles in key launches, including Abbott Vascular’s first drug-eluting stent franchise and structural heart franchise. Prior to this position, Pacitti was Vice President of Abbott Vascular’s Commercial Operations from 2009 to 2013, and Vice President of Global Marketing from 2006 to 2009. He joined Abbott Vascular with its acquisition of Guidant Corp, where he served in positions of increasing responsibility from 1995 to 2006. Early in Pacitti’s career, he was a sales representative in Siemens Healthineers Molecular Imaging business.
Pacitti lends his industry insight as Chair of the AdvaMed Medical Imaging Technology Division’s Board of Directors and serves on the boards for Orchestra BioMed (compensation and audit committees) and the Siemens Foundation. He is also a member of the CEO Council for Growth at the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Corporate Council, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) President’s Advisory Group, and the NextGen Advisory Board for the University of Missouri. Previously, Pacitti served as Board Chair for Gynesonics and as a board member for Apollo Endo-Surgery.
A Philadelphia area native and former offensive lineman for the Miami Dolphins, Pacitti holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a minor in Economics from Villanova University, where his football prowess earned him induction into the Villanova Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 2006. The Villanova University Alumni Association also selected him as the recipient of the 2021 Loyalty Award. In 2022, he earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland Global Campus.
