Founder and CEO

Kelly brings over 30 years of marketing and advertising savvy to every project.

Over the course of his career, Kelly has created successful advertising campaigns for accounts like American Airlines, Brown Forman, Greyhound, Proctor & Gamble, AT&T, Wendy’s, Anheuser Busch, Brown & Williamson, Valvoline Oil, and Cummins Engine Company.

Prior to founding VIA, Kelly was the Creative Director and a partner at Price Weber Marketing Communications. Kelly has also worked at Bozell & Jacobs and D’Arcy MacManus & Masius, two of the world’s largest advertising agencies.

Treating the Internet as a media, Kelly now applies his expertise to creating the internet marketing programs that drive traffic to the websites that VIA builds. A key component of the VIA chemistry set, Kelly is expert in all facets of search engine optimization.

Equally experienced in traditional media, Kelly is VIA’s go-to expert on everything from positioning to producing radio and TV. Kelly has a real fondness for direct mail.

Kelly has been a featured columnist for techrepublic.com, the #1 IT site on the Internet. Kelly is also a popular speaker at technology conferences and seminars and has served as a judge for interactive marketing competitions. Kelly has been awarded more local, regional, national, and advertising and international awards than he can remember.

In his spare time, this father of two likes to coach lacrosse, referee, and putter in his garden. Kelly also teaches a grilling class at the Salvation Army.