Dara Greaney
Dara Greaney | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dara Sean Thomas Greaney Ventura, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of San Diego |
| Occupation | CEO at LEDLightExpert.com |
Dara Greaney is the CEO of LEDLightExpert.com, an e-commerce lighting retailer.[1] Previously he was CEO at BuyAutoParts.com,[2] an e-commerce auto parts retailer headquartered in San Diego, California.[3][4] Greaney was a co-founder of BuyAutoParts.com in 2002.[5][6] He left in 2016.[7]
Early life[edit]
Greaney graduated from the University of San Diego in 2000 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and Finance. He went on to receive his master’s in Business Marketing and Entrepreneurship from San Diego State University in 2002.[8] He was a member of the first place VCIC team in 2001[9]
Leadership[edit]
While Greaney has been CEO, BuyAutoParts.com has been named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies List in 2011 (#1803), 2012 (#1575), 2013 (#2382), 2014 (#3339) and 2015(#4463).[10][11] They earned the 'Five-Time Inc. 5000 Honoree' in 2015[11] In 2013, they were also named in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, an award they won again in 2014.[12] In 2013, BuyAutoParts.com was named number 41 of San Diego Business Journal’s list of Largest Private Companies and named number 50 again in 2014.[13] The company had $52.9M in revenue and a 57% 3-Year growth rate in 2015.[11]
Interviews and profiles[edit]
He discussed the Marketplace Fairness Act with Union-Tribune TV.[14] Greaney has been profiled in conjunction with BuyAutoParts.com in Parts and People,[14] and his quotes have been used in San Diego Business Journal,[15] MarketWatch,[16] UT San Diego[17] and numerous other news stories. Greaney was a featured speaker at ROI Revolution Retail Traffic & Conversion 2015 Summit.[18] In February 2019 he was quoted for an article about LED stadium lighting in Sportz Business [19] and related energy changes in Energy Markets Today[20]
References[edit]
- ^ "LED Light Expert". www.ledlightexpert.com. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
- ^ "Stocks". Bloomberg News. 4 September 2023.
- ^ "BuyAutoParts.com Makes Inc.’s Fastest Growing List for 3rd Consecutive Year," San Diego Business Journal, August 28, 2013.
- ^ "BuyAutoParts.com Delivers on Customer Service," San Diego Business Journal, pp. 3, 37; September 23, 2013.
- ^ San Diego Business Journal Fastest 100 Growing Private Companies 2013, San Diego Business Journal, 2013, p. S36.
- ^ "BBB Business Review – BuyAutoParts.com," Better Business Bureau.
- ^ Greaney, Dara (15 September 2016). "Dara Greaney LinkedIn Profile". LinkedIn. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "USD magazine". USD Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "SDSU Ranked by SUCCESS Magazine as One of Top 10 Business Schools for Entrepreneurs. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
- ^ "The 2014 Inc. 5000; Meet the fastest-growing private companies in America". Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ a b c "BuyAutoParts.com: Number 4463 on the 2016 Inc. 5000". Inc.com. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
- ^ "BuyAutoParts.com Listed In Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide For The Second Consecutive Year". Yahoo Finance. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "BUYAUTOPARTS.COM MAKES SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL LARGEST PRIVATE COMPANIES OF 2014 LIST". San Diego Business Journal. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ a b "BuyAutoParts President Dara Greaney Sales Tax Interview with Roger Hedgecock". UT San Diego. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "BuyAutoParts.com to Distribute Duralo Auto Parts". San Diego Business Journal. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "BuyAutoParts.com Receives $18.6 Million in Funding". MarketWatch. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Harvey, Katherine P. (6 May 2013). "San Diego e-tailers brace for Internet sales tax". UT San Diego. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "The Retail Traffic & Conversion Summit 2015: February 11-12 in Orlando, Florida". ROI Revolution. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "High Efficiency LED Stadium Lights to Account for 70 % of Sports Lighting". 21 February 2019.
- ^ "LEDs Are the Sustainable Answer to Stadium and Arena Lighting". 21 February 2019.