# Dara Treseder

> Dara Treseder is the Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer at Autodesk, where she leads global marketing, brand, e-commerce, communications, demand generation, and the education business across about 50 countries. Born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria, she studied at Harvard and earned an MBA at Stanford, then built marketing at Apple, Goldman Sachs, GE, Carbon, and Peloton before joining Autodesk in 2022. She was the first Black executive inducted into the Forbes CMO Hall of Fame, and she chairs the board of the Public Health Institute while serving on the board of Robinhood.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer at Autodesk
- **Organizations:** Autodesk, Public Health Institute, Robinhood, Black Executive CMO Alliance
- **From:** Ibadan, Nigeria
- **Nationality:** Nigerian-American
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree, cum laude with highest honors, Harvard University, MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** First Black executive inducted into the Forbes CMO Hall of Fame, Named Forbes' World's Most Influential CMO (2022), Featured on Forbes' CMO Next list (2018)

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Marketing manager at FileMaker Inc. and Goldman Sachs
- **—** — Marketing and growth leadership roles at Apple
- **—** — Chief Marketing Officer of GE Business Innovations and GE Ventures
- **—** — Chief Marketing Officer at Carbon
- **2020** — SVP and Head of Global Marketing, Communications & Membership at Peloton
- **2022** — Joined Autodesk as Chief Marketing Officer on October 14, 2022
- **2024** — Launched Autodesk's partnership with the LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games
- **2025** — Named a CNBC Changemaker; role expanded to Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer

## Achievements

- First Black executive inducted into the Forbes CMO Hall of Fame
- Named Forbes' World's Most Influential CMO (2022)
- Featured on Forbes' CMO Next list (2018)
- Named a 2025 CNBC Changemaker
- Business Insider's most innovative CMOs (2023)
- AdWeek Brand Genius
- Ad Age Women to Watch (2018)
- Inc. Magazine's 30 Inspirational Women to Watch in Tech (2017)
- Fast Company's Best Dressed in Business (2025)
- Chair of the board of the Public Health Institute
- Board member at Robinhood
- Founding member of the Black Executive CMO Alliance

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Broke down the biggest ad campaigns of 2025 on stage at the Masters of Scale Summit.
- **2025-06** — Discussed leveraging AI to reimagine the marketing function in a Cannes-edition conversation with Forbes.
- **2025-02** — Named a 2025 CNBC Changemaker for transforming business and society.
- **2024** — Launched Autodesk's partnership with the LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

## Links

- Website: https://daratreseder.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daratreseder
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/daratreseder
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daratreseder/

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Last updated: 2026-08-14