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Dallas Business Journal
January 30 – February 5, 2004

Kimberly Bunting

Bunting, 36, is CEO and President of Business Access, a Dallas-based provider of English and Spanish online training and computers that allows participants to learn at home.

• Family: My husband, Roy, and I have two cats, Zsa Zsa and Emma.
• Education: I studied psychology and rehabilitation at the University of North Texas.
• Hometown/childhood: I was born in Rochester, N.Y., and moved to Carrollton when I was in the eighth grade.
• Hobbies: I play computer games The Sims and Starcraft and golf at Grapevine Municipal Golf Course.
• First job: When I was 16, I was a cashier at Chuck E. Cheese, where I learned you always sell more when you sell with enthusiasm.
• Most Influential book: “Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams” by Deepak Chopra gave me the tools to achieve my dreams.
• Role models: Norman Brinker, founder and former chairman of Brinker International Inc., taught me that I could maintain being a nice person while still driving hard in business.
• Motto: Everything is as it should be – life has significant ups and downs.
• Greatest challenge: We’re addressing the diverse issues surrounding government programs, the needs of employers and long-term welfare recipients regarding workplace success.
• Career inspiration: The Tennessee Valley Authority worked so everyone in the United States could have electricity; I want to do that with the Internet.
• Leadership style: I support my employees so they can be as successful as they want to be.
• Career highlight: By August 2001, we had placed our one-thousandth computer in a welfare recipient’s home.
• Community involvement: We participate in the Dallas Mayor’s Committee for the Employment of People with Disabilities, Head Start and the Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas.
• Future goals: I want Business Access to serve 25,000 clients a year by 2009; currently we serve 2,000 annually.
• First choice for a new career: I’d play the organ at Shea Stadium during the New York Mets game.
• Pet peeves: Stereotyping, being judgmental and minimal expectations.
• Word that best describes you: Intense.
• Top three passions: Roy, Business Access and the intense pursuit of enjoying life.
• Favorite restaurant: Lucky’s Café on Frankford Road in Dallas.

- Cynthia D. Webb