Ed Montes
North America
ADDRESS: 101 Huntington Ave., 16th Floor, Boston MA 02199PHONE: +1 617 425 4100
FAX: +1 617 425 4101
EMAIL: edward.montes@mediacontacts.com
Based in Boston, Ed Montes is the Regional Manager for Havas Digital in North America. Ed is also responsible for the development and leadership of Media Contacts US and Canada, managing MC staff spread across five North American offices: New York, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago and Toronto. Previously, Montes served as Managing Director of the Boston office, the largest of Media Contacts' US operations. Within this role, Montes demonstrated an exceptional rapport with clients and a proven ability to not only lead the organization, but drive strategic new business objectives as well.
Prior to joining Media Contacts, Montes worked at Yahoo! Inc. During his tenure he served as the Director of Special Projects for Yahoo!'s Media, Entertainment, Information, and Finance Groups and the General Manager of Yahoo! Delivers, Yahoo!'s direct marketing advertising product. In these capacities, he implemented successful global advertising and marketing initiatives for a wide array of clients, including those within the Finance, Travel, CPG, Tech and Entertainment categories. He was also handled marketing initiatives for Yahoo! Consumer, a group that oversees programs and policies surrounding customer contact and engagement. This included work within such departments as Yahoo! Travel, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Games, and Yahoo! Mail.
Immediately following his tenure at Yahoo!, Montes served as a consultant to the wireless technology industry providing insights into the data application sector and the delivery of advertising to mobile handsets. Prior to Yahoo!, Montes served as the Director of Corporate Development and General Counsel at TechTarget, a leading business-to-business technology network. Here he led all business development and e-commerce efforts.
Before entering the interactive industry, Montes was a Prosecutor in the Middlesex District Attorney's office of Massachusetts, where he prosecuted numerous major felonies and appellate actions. He is a graduate of the Boston University School of Law, and a Cum Laude graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Prior to joining Media Contacts, Montes worked at Yahoo! Inc. During his tenure he served as the Director of Special Projects for Yahoo!'s Media, Entertainment, Information, and Finance Groups and the General Manager of Yahoo! Delivers, Yahoo!'s direct marketing advertising product. In these capacities, he implemented successful global advertising and marketing initiatives for a wide array of clients, including those within the Finance, Travel, CPG, Tech and Entertainment categories. He was also handled marketing initiatives for Yahoo! Consumer, a group that oversees programs and policies surrounding customer contact and engagement. This included work within such departments as Yahoo! Travel, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Games, and Yahoo! Mail.
Immediately following his tenure at Yahoo!, Montes served as a consultant to the wireless technology industry providing insights into the data application sector and the delivery of advertising to mobile handsets. Prior to Yahoo!, Montes served as the Director of Corporate Development and General Counsel at TechTarget, a leading business-to-business technology network. Here he led all business development and e-commerce efforts.
Before entering the interactive industry, Montes was a Prosecutor in the Middlesex District Attorney's office of Massachusetts, where he prosecuted numerous major felonies and appellate actions. He is a graduate of the Boston University School of Law, and a Cum Laude graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
