SI Staff

Bruce A. Sperka

Mr. Sperka is President of Sperka International LLC, a Torrance based developer of commercial Internet web sites. He is an active member of the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce, the Association of Internet Professionals, served as a member of the Los Angeles Harbor College Foundation Board from 1999-2003 and as its Treasurer from 2002-2003. Mr. Sperka earned a B.S. in Computer and Information Science from the University of Florida, in 1972 and a Certificate in International Trade from U.C.L.A. in 1981. He has been employed in the computer industry for the past 31 years. After 12 years of developing software in the banking, pre-press and aerospace industries, he moved into sales and marketing for a computer peripherals distributor. In 1989, he joined the NoRad Corporation as Director of Marketing and International Sales, with responsibility for developing the company's export markets. In 1995, he developed his first Internet web site to promote NoRad's product lines.

In 1996, Mr. Sperka acquired the rights to NoRad's product lines and formed Sperka International LLC. With 9 years of international sales experience and 11 years as a developer of commercial Internet web sites, Mr. Sperka and his staff are well positioned to assist businesses in designing, developing and marketing their companies on the Internet.

James Lee

Mr. James Lee's formal training is in Industrial Design having earned his BA from California State University Northridge. An experienced businessman, Mr. Lee has been employed in international travel, event management, retail sales, employee management, business and purchasing operations in addition developing Internet and Intranet sites. Mr. Lee is a skilled web site developer, database programmer and graphics designer with experience in HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Photoshop, Illustrator, Image Ready, Flash, MySQL, and Apache HTTPD

David Tichy

Mr. Tichy joined Sperka International LLC in 2004 with 7 years experience developing professional Open Source database-driven web sites. He has worked extensively with Open Source technologies on the Linux platform, including administration of the Apache web server. Formally trained at The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. Tichy has worked on a wide array of 3D, vector graphics, animation, photo editing, graphic design and multimedia projects. An accomplished musician and producer, Mr. Tichy has over 14 years of music production, composing, and sound design & editing experience. His duties include web site design, web server administration, database development, graphic design, and Flash animation & programming.

Marilyn Leitner

Ms. Leitner earned an M.S. in Computer Science from USC in 1988 and a B.S. in Mathematics from Southern College in 1971. She has been employed as a software engineer and computer scientist for over 20 years. Ms. Leitner joined Sperka International LLC in 2003 and is responsible for managing client projects, database development, creative design and web site development.

Kimberly Sperka

Ms. Sperka performs various web site development and maintenance assignments, including photo and illustrative editing, content transcription, HTML formatting, data entry and access log reporting. Ms. Sperka joined Sperka International LLC in 1998 and has recently attained her B.A. in English at Cal State Long Beach.

Salvador Sarabia

Mr. Sarabia performs various web site maintenance assignments, including photo and illustrative editing, HTML formatting and data entry. Mr. Sarabia joined Sperka International LLC in 1996 with fourteen years of manufacturing, business operations and supervisory experience.