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.

Wendell is a twenty plus year veteran in the cable television advertising industry, with extensive experience in technical operations and dynamic advertising solutions. 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.

Becky Jones is a respected twenty year cable television advertising veteran. She began her career in research at TCI at the point it was being acquired by AT&T. After leaving AT&T Media Services she played a key role in the strategy and development of Viamedia’s sales support infrastructure that today supports over 300 sales people.

Becky’s has been at the highest levels of the company’s corporate leadership team for the past fifteen years. Her primary oversight is corporate communications, human resources, training, company culture, marketing, branding, research and creative services. Her teams assists the sales efforts across the company with marketing & research tools to support local advertising sales utilizing Viamedia’s extensive research catalog. Becky also oversees Viamedia’s social media platforms and overall marketing / public relations efforts for the company.

In September 2016, she added the oversight of the company’s human resources functions, including recruitment, training and employee relations, among her other responsibilities. She has been the face of the organization at trade and industry events for over a decade and is known throughout the industry and across the United States for her personality, attention to detail and leadership abilities.

Becky has received numerous national awards and has been nationally recognized for her impact within the cable industry. She has received honors as industry’s “Cable Marketer of the Year” and has been named as one of the “Most Powerful Women in Cable” every year since 2013.

Becky has two sons, Silas & Sawyer and lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

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.

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.

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.

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.