Ryan Lussing
Founder/Executive Producer
With over 10-years experience producing and developing entertainment properties, Ryan has successfully launched content via traditional television broadcast as well as emerging technologies. Prior to founding Yellow Bear Studios Ryan worked extensively creating and developing original series television, including the animated children’s series Dex Hamilton
: Alien Entomologist, which can be seen in over 75 markets worldwide, as well as producing award winning digital properties and mobile games including Beast Farmer: Swamp Chicken Edition which surpassed over 1.5million downloads and reached the #1 Kids Game worldwide on Apple’s iTunes. Ryan loves new technology, science fiction, spy thrillers, playing games, making stuff, FPS’s, shiny things, and watching birds. Mark Cautillo
Lead Developer
Mark Cautillo is an award-winning software developer and game designer from Toronto Canada, with extensive experience in the field of interactive digital media. Before joining Yellow Bear Studios as lead developer he was responsible for the development of DanceMaker.Me, a virtual 3d choreography tool for iPad and Android tablets, and served as game designer and lead software developer on Cranky Cat, a mobile puzzle game nominated for best social/casual game at the 2012 Canadian Videogame Awards. Additionally Mark was lead developer for G2G: Xtra Credit, an online social network/game portal for tween girls, as well as Dex Hamilton's Bug Quest, a flash based adventure game, nominated for best social/casual game at the 2011 Canadian Videogame Awards. He is one of the co-founders of FunForged Games, where he was lead developer on The Empire Game, a massively multiplayer online strategy game. Timothy Stevens-Eustace
Creative Lead/Art Director
Timothy Stevens-Eustace specializes in game and interactive design and has worked on numerous award winning projects, most notably the entirety of the Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist franchise including two Canadian Video Game Award nominated projects, Cranky Cat for iOS and Android and the Dex Hamilton Bug Quest website and browser-based game for CBC. In addition to his design and art direction, Tim has worked in various roles, such as a motion capture technician, graphic designer, After Effects artist, GUI designer, animator, concept artist, character designer, and background painter. With a classical and computer animation background, Tim leads a life committed to visual and artistic expression. Tim likes dubstep, fruit juice, dragons, and giant robots.
