Kelly Sticksel:  

I married my high school sweetheart, Karen Keller, from Pearce. We're going on 20 years now (25 including dating - whew!). No children as we're both also married to our careers. Karen is a fantastic teacher in Frisco. I would like to think at least a couple of my teachers in high school cared for me the way Karen cares for her students (but I doubt it!) I started out as a banker - a commercial lender at Bent Tree National Bank in Addison. I wised up and got out (now my former bank - which was acquired by Northern Trust - is in the news for abusing the TARP funds it received... Whew! Glad I got out!) I worked for Frito Lay in Plano for several years in the Routing and Logistics Planning Dept. Realized I didn't do well in the cubical world, left and started a special effects design business known as Excitement Technologies Group. We are based in Addison, but now have offices in LA, Tokyo and Sydney. We create special effects using pyro, lasers, video, etc. and provide them to rock & roll tou...Expand for more