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Sep 29, 2026
How Build-A-Bear CTO Dara Meath Turns Tech Into Business Value
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Dara MeathGUEST
And it's really looking at the business to the technology to the associates that have to work against it.

Dara MeathGUEST
Does the technology already, is it already existing there or do we need to go and look at something different to be able to support that? And then are the associates that are leaning against it, do they have the right skills? Do they have the right tools to be able to unlock and equipped against it? Do they have the right understanding, right, from communication and so on? So I look at this path of transformation in 90 days.

Dara MeathGUEST
It's not to say I don't have a three to five year roadmap, but if I look at the next 90 days and what's coming up, if you can do that in smaller, shorter stints, it helps you to align the rest of your department to be ready for it, right? To be prepared and be skilled up and be essentially in the right seat for the right moment, right? And so as I do that, we build upon that philosophy and it helps us to get into the short wins, which lead ultimately to larger wins.
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14:27What advice would you give to women maybe listening who might want to pursue leadership roles in technology?