Who is CapeRock?

CapeRock.net is the Internet part of CapeRock, LLC. CapeRock is a design and technology consultancy. We are an eclectic collection of artists, designers, and programmers. The parent company of CapeRock was incorporated in 1983 as a software development firm and has been in business ever since. In 1996, we added website design and Internet applications to the list of services we offer.

We are located in Auburn, Alabama. Auburn is located about 110 southwest of Atlanta and about the same distance southeast of Birmingham. Auburn is also the home of Auburn University. Auburn is an idyllic little college town which hosts about 22,000 students. We could have founded and located the company anywhere, but after much thought, we couldn't think of any place better to form a laid-back, yet very creative and technical outfit than in a college town with mild weather. (It really didn't have anything to do with the fact that it was our alma mater and that we already happened to live here. We promise.)

So, what is CapeRock? Cape Rock is the name of a massive rock cliff which protrudes (or used to) into the Mississippi river near the present town of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. As legend has it, it was a trading post for fur traders and settlers heading west in the early 1700's. One of the founders of our company grew up in that town and everyone thought it would be a cool name to adopt as our moniker. (This will be valuable trivia when we get to be the size of IBM).

More trivia?  Yea, well, that same founder grew up next door to the Limbaugh family (of the Rush fame) on Sunset Blvd. in Cape Girardeau. We all called him "Rusty" back then.