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Dara Pauker

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Founder & CEO at Dauntless Decisions, LLC
📍 United States

Dara Pauker is a retail strategist and operator with over 20 years of experience driving growth for brands in apparel, footwear, and beauty. As the Founder and CEO of Dauntless Decisions, she advises CEOs and private equity firms. A Bain & Company alum, she holds degrees from Harvard and The Wharton School.

She is passionate about transforming businesses and actively supports her professional community by celebrating the successes of fellow independent consultants. Dara frequently engages with the retail industrys top minds by participating in and emceeing major events like the CommerceNext Growth Show.

Unique fact: Dara has served as a strategic advisor to the CEO of Caleres, a $3 billion footwear company, for over four years.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United States
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Priorities

Topics Dara cares about

Retail Growth Strategy
Her entire career, including roles as COO of DXL Group and CEO of ghd North America, has been focused on creating and executing strategies for business growth.
Omnichannel Transformation
Her experience spans both e-commerce and physical retail stores, and she emceed the Omnichannel Transformation track at the recent CommerceNext Growth Show.
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Career

Work history

10-2014
Founder & CEO
Dauntless Decisions, LLC
12-2023
Success Coach, Wharton Chief Strategy Officer Program
Emeritus
12-2021 - 4-2023
Consultant/Chief Operating Officer
DXL Group
9-2021 - 2-2023
Success Coach, Columbia Business School Chief Marketing Officer Program
Emeritus
1-2012 - 6-2014
President and General Manager, ghd North America
ghd
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Media appearances

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Education
MBA
The Wharton School
A.B.
Harvard University
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