• by Amy Corr , March 1, 2017

Havas New York tapped Dan Goldstein as chief strategy officer, reporting to Laura Maness, CEO of Havas New York.

Goldstein was most recently co-founder and chief strategy officer of Los Angeles-based db5, a quantitative research consultancy, whose clients include Audi, Google, Lyft, McDonald's, Twitter, and Ralph Lauren.

Prior to db5, Goldstein was executive head of planning at TBWA\Chiat\Day, where he both built and led the strategy group, servicing clients such as Pepsi, Gatorade, Visa, Nissan, and Infiniti. Before that, he was group planning director at Goodby Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco, where he led strategy for Saturn, Motorola, and the agency's winning pitch for Sprint.

"Dan will be instrumental in employing our strengths and investments in cognitive and data to unlock evidence-based insights and new levels of creativity for our clients and partners, and we're thrilled to have him join the team," said Maness.