Solomon has over 20 years’ experience in advertising sales including print, long-form media solutions and cable television spot sales.  His cable television sales experience began with TeleCable in Lexington, Kentucky.  Later he worked as a sales manager for Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI) and, subsequently, AT&T cable advertising.  Later Solomon was general sales manager for Insight Media and Comcast Spotlight advertising.  Solomon began with Viamedia as a corporate vice president in 2003, becoming executive vice president in 2006, and played a significant role in the company’s growth from fewer than a dozen employees to nearly 400 today. Solomon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and a Bachelor of Business Administration, both from the University of Kentucky.  Among numerous civic and charitable associations, Solomon is active in fundraising on behalf of Sunrise Children’s Services, which assists abused, abandoned or neglected children.

Rick began his advertising sales career in 1993 as a Regional Sales Manager for Trader Publishing Company where he developed and implemented strategies for advertising sales in the Automotive and Truck industries. In 2001, Rick started in cable advertising sales as Local Sales Manager with AT&T Media Services which through mergers became Insight Media in Covington KY. In 2006, Rick joined Viamedia as Corporate Manager of Automotive and Business development where he directed sales strategies for automotive advertising and managed new media products including internet and long form advertising channels.

Rick was elevated to Executive Vice President of Sales in June of 2016 overseeing direct oversight of the company’s regional teams that include all local sales.

Frank Connolly has broad and deep experience as a financial executive in the media and marketing industry. He has been the Chief Financial Officer of three private equity owned and three public companies with track records of innovation, an M&A Advisor, and a private equity investor, with 25 transactions totaling over $1.7 billion in value. Frank was most recently the Chief Financial Officer of FocusVision Worldwide, Inc., a market research technology provider, and CFO of Water Cooler Group, a holding company with a media agency, Media Storm, focused on cable TV. He was Managing Director at AdMedia Partners, an independent M&A advisory firm for the marketing and media industry. His career as a senior financial executive also includes EVP and CFO of Harris Interactive Inc., a publicly traded marketing research company, and CFO for Modem Media Inc., a publicly traded pioneering interactive agency. He has been Managing Director of DigaComm LLC, a private equity firm, as well as SVP and CFO of Donnelley Marketing, Inc., a consumer information marketing company.  Frank held a number of corporate financial management positions at the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and started his career at Accenture. He received an M.B.A. in Finance from Cornell University and a B.A. in Economics from the Stony Brook University.

Randy Lykes is a twenty-five year veteran in the advertising sales operations field, with fourteen of those years in the cable television advertising industry – in both operations and sales management. He began his career in cable advertising in 1995 with Telecommunications Inc. (TCI) as Operations Manager for the Lexington, KY market. He also served as Regional Operations Director for AT&T where he had operational oversight for AT&T’s cable advertising sales operations in the eastern United States. Randy also served as Corporate Director of Operations for Adelphia Communication’s advertising sales division based in Coudersport, PA. Randy was one of the originators of Viamedia and oversees the operational infrastructure of one of the largest independent advertising rep firms in the United States.

Brian brings more than 24 years of Advertising Sales experience, including 10 years with Cablevision/Rainbow Advertising Sales, 4 years with Adelphia and 5 years Broadcast Advertising sales experience with WKYC-TV (NBC). Brian won Adelphia’s prestigious “PEGASUS” Award for excellence in Ad Sales performance two consecutive years. Brian has four years managerial experience with Viamedia and is also actively involved member of the Cleveland Association of Broadcasters.

Brad has spent the last 20 years in the National TV Ad Sales arena. His media career began in Dallas as an Account Executive with National Rep Firm Blair Television working in the NY, Minneapolis and Dallas offices. He then moved into Network Sales as an Account Executive with Telemundo Network Group based in Dallas. Following Telemundo, Brad moved from broadcast to the cable industry with Time Warner Cable serving over eight years in the role of National and Political Sales Manager in both Milwaukee and Chicago. Prior to joining Viamedia, Brad was the National Sales Manager for Comcast in the Seattle Market. Currently, Brad is the Director of National Sales overseeing the Midwest and West regions.

Will is the Cross Media Area Manager for the Central Region.

Jessica Hollifield came to Viamedia in 2013 and currently serves as Executive Director of Cross Media Sales for the Midwest.  With over 12 years of experience, in both traditional media sales and digital media, as well as managing sales teams across the country, Jessica has helped define, train and built Viamedia’s cross media strategy nationwide.

Jessica started her career at a full service ad agency before quickly realizing her true passion in advertising sales. Her expertise ranges from cable television ad sales to strategically placed mobile, display, social, email marketing and online video campaigns.

Over the years, Jessica has consistently been a top performer, earning numerous President’s Club recognition and awards, working with local, regional and national accounts.  Previous experience includes Senior Account Executive positions at Insight Media Advertising, Time Warner Cable Media and has held various levels of digital management positions while at Viamedia.  Jessica resides in Lexington, KY with her husband and stepson.  She enjoys playing tennis and volunteering locally for Girls on the Run Central Kentucky.

Mr. Decker is a fourteen year veteran in cable television advertising industry, with extensive experience in operations.  He began his career in cable advertising in 1999 with Frontier Vision as Insertion Engineer for its central Kentucky region.  He also served in capacity for Adelphia, Comcast, AT&T, and Insight Communications, before coming to Viamedia in 2005.

Mr. Decker has been a key element in the growth and success of Viamedia and has provided direction in forming our world class technical operation.

Anita James is a seasoned finance professional with over 20 years of accounting, finance and operations experience.  Her specialties include budgeting, analytics, forecasting, process improvement, quality assurance,  auditing and overall finance operation oversight.  She began her career with Viamedia in March 2006 as Business Operations Manager and now serves the company as Vice President of Finance.  Anita graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.S. in Accounting and currently resides in Lexington, KY.

Jim O’Neill serves as the Director of Client Services for Viamedia. Prior to joining Viamedia in December, 2011, Jim was the Area Director of Ad Sales Operations for Comcast Spotlight in California.  In this position, Jim was responsible for the traffic, inventory, information technology, systems development, facilities, master control and engineering operations functions in support of advertising sales for California’s four ad sales markets.

Before Viamedia and Comcast, Jim held various management positions with FedEx, consulting positions with TCI,  AT&T Broadband and the department of Defense, and multi-faceted roles in public works management for the city of Poway, California.   His technical career has focused on PC/server integrated business solutions and relational databases in the public and private sectors while developing and challenging work teams to achieve operational excellence.

Jim studied public administration and naval science at San Diego State University and water technology at Palomar College.  He was a 2007 recipient of Comcast’s “Going the Extra Mile” (GEM) award recognizing operational excellence and a 2010 graduate of the Executive Leadership Forum.

Since relocating to Lexington, Jim has been slow to engage in charities, but has jumped into a busy social schedule.  As a beginning tennis player he earned both Gold and Silver medals in the 2012 Bluegrass State Games, as a pilot he explores airports all around the region and as an avid water-skier he spends weekends in the beautiful Kentucky lakes.

Political Sales Manager