Viamedia.ai Executives Honored with Nine Industry Awards

LEXINGTON, Ky., Sept. 23, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- Viamedia.ai, a next-generation advertising technology company, has seen significant growth and recognition in the industry. The company has been honored nine times across three major media and advertising awards programs, celebrating the leadership of its female executives.

Viamedia.ai's Chief Marketing Officer, Becky Jones, was recognized as a Cynopsis Marketing Trailblazer and named to the CFX Most Powerful Women list. Jones has been instrumental in the evolution of Viamedia.ai’s brand, marketing, and people strategy, connecting communications and sales enablement more closely to business growth. She has also mentored more than 200 emerging professionals throughout her career.

Kristen McDonnell, the Chief Operating Officer, was honored as a Cynopsis Operations Front Runner and named to the CFX Most Powerful Women list. McDonnell oversees Client Strategy, Client Services, Activation and Trading, and Linear Operations. Her leadership was central to the integration of Viamedia.ai and LocalFactor, during which the company successfully launched approximately 500 advertising campaigns in less than one month while maintaining uninterrupted client service.

Chesney Payne, Vice President of Linear Operations, was recognized as an AI Media Innovator by the AdExchanger Top Women in Media & Ad Tech Awards and an Ad Tech Innovator by the Cynopsis Top Women in Media Awards. Payne has championed automation, artificial intelligence, and cross-functional technology development to improve workflows, scale operations, and prepare the company for the continued convergence of linear television, streaming, and programmatic advertising.

Madeline Kissel, Vice President of Business Development, was honored as one of Cynopsis’ Deal-Making Directors. Kissel identifies, negotiates, and executes sales representation agreements with linear, digital, and managed-services partners. She spearheaded Viamedia.ai’s partnership with Cable One, its largest in more than 15 years, coordinating teams across the company to bring the agreement to market. Kissel has also renegotiated major partner agreements to create new opportunities in addressable and connected TV advertising.

Jordana Montague, Director of Sales, East Coast, was named an Ad Sales Superstar. Montague helped establish the commercial foundation for a business that has grown into a core component of Viamedia.ai’s omnichannel offering. Her consultative approach has expanded major client relationships, including an energy-sector partnership that grew from approximately $1 million to $4 million.

Ileana Miscia, Senior Manager, Brand & Content Marketing, was named a Cynopsis Rising Star for her growing impact across marketing, sales enablement, and content strategy. Miscia has developed targeted resources addressing priority market opportunities, helped align paid LinkedIn campaigns with high-value prospective clients, and expanded Viamedia.ai’s thought-leadership platform through her production work on The Ad Break podcast.

Following its acquisition and integration of LocalFactor, Viamedia.ai has continued to expand its national footprint, investing in artificial intelligence, and advancing an omnichannel technology portfolio that includes Geo-Graph™, Attention+, and the award-winning Parrot ADS platform. The company has recently surpassed 100 video service provider partnerships and now works with more than 7,000 brand partners across over 100 designated market areas. Viamedia.ai is creating new opportunities for advertisers through innovations in privacy-forward audience intelligence, cross-platform campaign execution, and household-level addressability for local broadcast television.