george lowe
partner/president
born and raised in chicago, george had all the privileges of a west side, middle class family (station wagon, fight for your meals, and walk to the park and school). george rejected the thought of dental school and graduated from loyola university in 1981 with a business degree. after pounding the pavement as a successful sales executive and consultant, he encountered a long haired, designer named andré and decided on a new direction. the rest is history. married to dr. pamela lowe, his sons cody and trevor are anxiously awaiting to become photoshop experts or doctors.

jack sonta
partner/vp/financial officer
jack is a product of chicago's west side. outside of a two-year stint in cairo, egypt, he spent his entire life in and around the windy city. schooled at loyola university chicago and the university of chicago, he has a cpa and an mba. after a too long tenure at price waterhouse he spent several years as cfo of an apparel marketing and distribution firm and taught for seven years at loyola university as a visiting instructor. he joined george and andré in forming sparkfactor because he was sick of dealing with financial types (now he has to put up with creatives, don't know which is worse). he and his family live in chicago and he gets a nauseous feeling when driving through places like schaumburg.

kim alpert
producer/editor/designer
kim’s been working in digital media since the day she left her alma mater, Full Sail.  after doing time with the big agencies she went freelance in her specialty of new media and motion graphics.  she found home with sparkfactor in the fall of 2005 and has been focused on brand strategy and multi-format delivery ever since.  with a curator seat in the around the coyote festival and countless other shows always on the horizon she hopes to find time to sleep sometime in 2010.