# Edward Lastes

> Edward Lastes is the Boxford, Massachusetts-based CEO of Fusion Media Group, an out-of-home advertising company founded in 2006. He helped shape an affiliation model that paired investment and shared services with continued local management, led the company through a $7.5 million Series A commitment and its first majority acquisition, and later backed an early digital-billboard conversion in East Texas. His public record also shows sustained service around youth football, education and his parish.

- **Role:** CEO at Fusion Media Group, LLC
- **Organizations:** Fusion Media Group, LLC, Fusion Media Holdings II LLC, Invincible Technologies Corporation, Macalester College Parent & Family Council, Masconomet High School Football Boosters, Masconomet Youth Football, St. Rose of Lima
- **Education:** Saint Michael's College
- **Known for:** Co-developed Fusion Media Group's model of buying majority interests in independent outdoor-advertising operators while retaining local management., Secured backing alongside co-founder Lars Swanson for a $7.5 million Series A commitment from Key Venture Partners., Completed Fusion Media Group's first operating-affiliate transaction through the acquisition of Genesis Media Advertising assets in Tyler, Texas.

## Career timeline

- **Date unknown** — Served as CFO and a director of Invincible Technologies Corporation; exact dates are not established in the public record.
- **2006** — Fusion Media Group was founded in Wenham, Massachusetts, with Lastes as CEO.
- **2007-2008** — Lastes and Lars Swanson spent roughly a year developing Fusion Media Group's affiliation strategy; a $7.5 million Series A commitment backed the company and its first majority acquisition, the assets of Genesis Media Advertising in Tyler, Texas.
- **2009** — Fusion affiliate Connect Outdoor Media installed its first digital billboard conversion near Kilgore, Texas, using Daktronics technology.
- **2016** — Edward J. Lastes was listed as manager of newly organized Fusion Media Holdings II LLC in Massachusetts.
- **2018-2020** — Served as president of the Masconomet High School Football Boosters.
- **2023-present** — Serves as a Parent & Family Council member at Macalester College.

## Achievements

- Co-developed Fusion Media Group's model of buying majority interests in independent outdoor-advertising operators while retaining local management.
- Secured backing alongside co-founder Lars Swanson for a $7.5 million Series A commitment from Key Venture Partners.
- Completed Fusion Media Group's first operating-affiliate transaction through the acquisition of Genesis Media Advertising assets in Tyler, Texas.
- Supported an early digital conversion at a Connect Outdoor Media site whose operator projected at least twelve times the prior static-board revenue.
- Maintained multi-year volunteer roles in youth football, school athletics and education.

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Posted publicly on X about a mislabeled package of whoopie pies purchased from Whole Foods in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.
- **2023-08** — Shared a photograph from a final preseason workout with his son before the son's senior football season at Macalester College.
- **2023-01** — Began serving on Macalester College's Parent & Family Council.

## Links

- Website: https://fusionmediagroup.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-lastes-7387b2
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ejlastes

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