Jim O’Neill

SVP, Ad Operations at Viamedia

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.

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