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{{Infobox person
| name          = Dara Greaney
| alma_mater    = [[San Diego State University]]
| occupation    = [[CEO]] at [[BuyAutoParts.com]]
}}
'''Dara Greaney''' is the CEO of [[LEDLightExpert.com]], an e-commerce lighting retailer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ledlightexpert.com/About-Us_ep_7.html|title=LED Light Expert|website=www.ledlightexpert.com|access-date=2016-09-15}}</ref>  Previously he was CEO at [[BuyAutoParts.com]], an [[e-commerce]] auto parts retailer headquartered in [[San Diego, California]].<ref name="business">[http://sdbj.com/news/2013/aug/28/buyautopartscom-makes-incs-fastest-growing-list-3r/ "BuyAutoParts.com Makes Inc.’s Fastest Growing List for 3rd Consecutive Year,"] ''[[San Diego Business Journal]]'', August 28, 2013.</ref><ref name="allen">"BuyAutoParts.com Delivers on Customer Service," ''[[San Diego Business Journal]]'', pp. 3, 37; September 23, 2013.</ref> Greaney was a co-founder of BuyAutoParts.com in 2002.<ref name="business2">[http://ocbj.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/static/sdbj/supplements/Fastest-Growing-Private-Cos_1307.pdf ''San Diego Business Journal Fastest 100 Growing Private Companies 2013''], ''[[San Diego Business Journal]]'', 2013, p. S36.</ref><ref name="bbb">[http://www.bbb.org/san-diego/business-reviews/auto-parts-and-supplies-new/buyautoparts-com-in-san-diego-ca-23002663 "BBB Business Review – BuyAutoParts.com,"] [[Better Business Bureau]].</ref>  He left in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/daragreaney|title=Dara Greaney LinkedIn Profile|last=Greaney|first=Dara|date=15 September 2016|website=LinkedIn|publisher=LinkedIn|access-date=15 September 2016}}</ref>

==Education==
Greaney graduated from the [[University of San Diego]] in 2000 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and Finance. He then went on to receive his Master’s in [[Business Marketing]] and Entrepreneurship from [[San Diego State University]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=USD magazine |url=http://www.sandiego.edu/usdmag/?p=3512 |publisher=USD Magazine |accessdate=15 March 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622143133/http://www.sandiego.edu:80/usdmag/?p=3512 |archivedate=22 June 2011 |df= }}</ref>  He was a member of the first place [[Venture Capital Investment Competition|VCIC]] team in 2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SDSU+Ranked+by+SUCCESS+Magazine+as+One+of+Top+10+Business+Schools+for...-a071352615|title=SDSU Ranked by SUCCESS Magazine as One of Top 10 Business Schools for Entrepreneurs. - Free Online Library|website=www.thefreelibrary.com|access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref>

==Leadership==
While Greaney has been CEO, [[BuyAutoParts.com]] has been named to the [[Inc. (magazine)#Inc. 500 and Inc. 5000|Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies List]] in 2011 (#1803), 2012 (#1575), 2013 (#2382), 2014 (#3339) and 2015(#4463).<ref>{{cite web|title=The 2014 Inc. 5000; Meet the fastest-growing private companies in America.|url=http://www.inc.com/inc5000/list/2014/|publisher=[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]]|accessdate=15 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.inc.com/profile/buyautopartscom|title=BuyAutoParts.com: Number 4463 on the 2016 Inc. 5000|website=Inc.com|access-date=2016-09-15}}</ref> They earned the 'Five-Time Inc. 5000 Honoree'  in 2015<ref name=":0" />   In 2013, they were also named in the ''Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide'', an award they won again in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=BuyAutoParts.com Listed In Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide For The Second Consecutive Year |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/buyautoparts-com-listed-internet-retailer-150000925.html |accessdate=15 March 2015 |publisher=[[Yahoo Finance]] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143956/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/buyautoparts-com-listed-internet-retailer-150000925.html |archivedate=2 April 2015 |df= }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=BUYAUTOPARTS.COM MAKES SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL LARGEST PRIVATE COMPANIES OF 2014 LIST|url=http://www.buyautoparts.com/News/BuyAutoParts-Makes-SDBJ-Largest-Private-Companies-List.html|publisher=[[San Diego Business Journal]]|accessdate=15 March 2015}}</ref>  The company had $52.9M in revenue and a 57% 3-Year growth rate in 2015.<ref name=":0" />

==Interviews and profiles==
Dara Greaney has been interviewed by several publications including [[The Epoch Times]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Auto DIY’ers Flooding Online Parts Suppliers|url=http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/blog/auto-diyers-flooding-online-parts-suppliers/|publisher=[[The Epoch Times]]|accessdate=15 March 2015}}</ref> where he commented on the upward trend of auto parts being purchased online, and [[Union-Tribune|Union-Tribune TV]] where he discussed the [[Marketplace Fairness Act]].<ref name=uttv>{{cite web|title=BuyAutoParts President Dara Greaney Sales Tax Interview with Roger Hedgecock|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WItI5a86w5o&t=61|publisher=[[UT San Diego]]|accessdate=15 March 2015}}</ref>
Greaney has been profiled in conjunction with BuyAutoParts.com in Parts and People,<ref name=uttv /> and his quotes have been used in [[San Diego Business Journal]],<ref>{{cite news|title=BuyAutoParts.com to Distribute Duralo Auto Parts|url=http://sdbj.com/news/2014/jul/14/buyautopartscom-distribute-duralo-auto-parts/|accessdate=15 March 2015|publisher=[[San Diego Business Journal]]|date=14 July 2014}}</ref> [[MarketWatch]],<ref>{{cite web|title=BuyAutoParts.com Receives $18.6 Million in Funding|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/buyautopartscom-receives-186-million-in-funding-2014-01-21|publisher=[[MarketWatch]]|accessdate=15 March 2015}}</ref> [[UT San Diego]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Harvey|first1=Katherine P.|title=San Diego e-tailers brace for Internet sales tax|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/may/06/internet-sales-tax-san-diego-companies/|accessdate=15 March 2015|publisher=[[UT San Diego]]|date=6 May 2013}}</ref> and numerous other news stories. Greaney was a featured speaker at ''ROI Revolution Retail Traffic & Conversion 2015 Summit''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Retail Traffic & Conversion Summit 2015: February 11-12 in Orlando, Florida|url=http://www.roirevolution.com/summit/index.php#speaker|publisher=ROI Revolution|accessdate=15 March 2015}}</ref>

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