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Dara Treseder

Chief Marketing Officer

Autodesk

Dara Treseder is the Chief Marketing Officer at Autodesk where she leads worldwide marketing, brand, communications, growth, e-commerce, and education, and is accountable for the company’s digital revenue and global e-commerce P&L — including the product and commercial teams. She also founded and leads Autodesk for Small Business.

Previously, Dara was Global Head of Marketing, Communications & Membership at Peloton, Chief Marketing Officer at Carbon, & Chief Marketing Officer of GE Business Innovations & GE Ventures. She’s also held leadership roles at Apple and Goldman Sachs.

Dara has been recognized by Forbes as one of the World’s Most Influential CMOs and became the first Black executive inducted into the Forbes CMO Hall of Fame. She’s been named a CNBC Changemaker and the world’s most innovative CMO by Business Insider.

Dara serves on the board of Robinhood & on the Board of Visitors for Howard University’s College of Engineering & Architecture. She graduated cum laude from Harvard and earned her MBA from Stanford.

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How leaders thrive in chaos
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Autodesk’s Dara Treseder
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Cannes Lions’ battle of the brands
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Super Bowl ads, Bad Bunny & the business of cultural risk
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Branding truths and tariff myths
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Key branding takeaways from Cannes Lions 2025
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