Rootjam Founders
Alex Rudis, Cat Caspar, Mark Madsen
Mark Madsen-Founder
Scientist by education.
Technologist by history.
Expert by training.
Entrepreneur by design. Danish by birth, South African by upbringing, British by nationality.
Left handed by genetics.
Born on leap year day by accident.
Calm and cool by intellect.
Excitable and passionate by emotion. Patient with children and animals.
Impatient with lack of clarity. Respectful of thought, energy, planning, action, achievement.
Detests writing biographical summaries, especially his own.
Cat Caspar-Founder
Cat Caspar began life making a lot of noise. At the time, it may have occurred to her parents as screaming but in time they came to realize that it was most likely singing and they just had a very vocal child. That unique use of her vocal chords has served her well in life from breaking out in a made up song entertaining/annoying strangers in a random restaurant as a child to starring in numerous Equity theatre productions to starting her own band, performing at large festivals and recording multiple albums.
As a very motivated young woman, Cat realized early that it was easier to learn how to create her own artwork than to find someone else to translate the mayhem in her head. With her second love of computers and graphics, she taught herself Photoshop and video editing and another way to express herself creatively and to help other artists with the same needs.
There was something seriously missing however. She could not for the life of her understand on a basic level how large corporations got in between the partnership between a musician creating a piece of music out of passion for a fan who is listening to a piece of music out of passion. Very creative individuals were being stomped on or left out because they didn’t want to play the game If it’s about money, couldn’t everyone make money without damaging that precious synergy? Especially the artist? She believes so…and RootJam was born. A whole NEW game! www.catcaspar.com
Alex Rudis – Founder
Lx Rudis is a media artist who makes his home in San Francisco, California. He has been active in both commercial and underground sectors in the San Francisco Bay Area since the early 1980s. His early work as a performer led to media jobs ranging from radio shows on NPR to commercial stints for ABC affiliate KGO-TV and several other corporations.
Since 1988, Mr. Rudis’ work has been concentrated in the field of console videogames and social media, in a variety of roles ranging from Content Provider to Executive Producer. He has been a development team member for several handheld game machines and set-top consoles, working for companies such as Ultracade, Atari and Sega. Since leaving Ultracade in 2005 he has focused on Augmented Reality Gaming and web-based distributed platforms, providing Production and Consulting talents for Atari, RootJam and several other publishers.
“If you’ve played a game on the Atari Lynx, you’ve probably seen the credit, “Music by Lx Rudis” and wondered “Who is this guy with the strange name and strange glasses?” Wonder no more!” – Gregory D. George, The Atari Times