Dan Lubart has joined DeSilva + Phillips as Senior Advisor. He will advise our media and publishing team and clients.

During his publishing career, Dan specialized in strategy formation and execution for companies such as Hachette Book Group, where he was SVP Strategy and Publishing Operations, HarperCollins Publishers, where he was SVP Sales Analytics and Pricing, and Universal Music Group where he was CTO.

He is also Founder of Iobyte Solutions, a digital agency he currently leads which provides data acquisition automation and visualization solutions, measurement and analytics strategy, consumer insight strategy and custom software development. Iobyte serves clients in publishing, film, healthcare and financial services.

Robin Warner, Managing Director at DeSilva + Phillips says, “Dan’s background of deep publishing experience coupled with his digital and analytics acumen make him a valuable member of our book publishing team. The book publishing sector is undergoing transformative changes due to technology, and Dan has been at the forefront of these changes.”

Dan is a graduate of Tufts University and he has an M.B.A. from New York University Stern School of Business.

DeSilva + Phillips is an investment bank for clients that operate at the intersection of content, technology and services. This includes enterprises operating within the media, advertising & marketing, education, healthcare, information services and technology sectors. Over 21 years, clients have included Advance Publications/Conde Nast, Deutsche Börse Group, Elsevier, Hachette, JP Morgan Partners, Microsoft, The New York Times, Time Inc., TPG and Wasserstein & Co. The firm is part of Oaklins, the world’s most experienced mid-market M&A advisory network with 700 investment banking professionals in 40 countries. In the last five years, Oaklins has completed transactions exceeding $75 billion in value.