Ed Fries
Game Guy
- Location
- Greater Seattle Area
- Industry
- Computer Games
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Ed Fries's Overview
- Current
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- Advisor at Curse Inc
- Board Member at Z2Live
- Board Member at Pacific Science Center
- Advisor at [a]list games
- Advisor at Ogmento
- Adviser at Novel
- Advisor at Mixamo
- Advisor at Razer
- Advisor at Real Life +
- Board Member at Exponential Entertainment
- Advisor at Smoking Gun Interactive Inc.
- Advisor at Meteor Solutions
- Board Member at Ancient Egypt Research Associates
- Advisory Board Member at BreakAway Games
- CEO at FigurePrints LLC
- Board Member at WildTangent
- Advisory Board Member at Timeplay
- Advisor at Emotiv Systems
- co-founder at Airtight Games
- Advisor at Dhruva Interactive
- Program Advisory Committee Member at Digipen Institute of Technology
- Past
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- Board Member at Canesta
- Advisor at BigStage
- Advisor at Vyk
- Education
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- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
- Recommendations
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6 people have recommended Ed
- Connections
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500+ connections
Ed Fries's Summary
Co-founder of the Xbox Project
Built Microsoft Game Studios
18 year Microsoft Employee
Ed Fries's Experience
Advisor
Curse Inc
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry
September 2011 – Present (5 months)
Board Member
Pacific Science Center
Nonprofit; 201-500 employees; Museums and Institutions industry
March 2011 – Present (11 months)
Advisor
Ogmento
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry
February 2011 – Present (1 year)
Advisor
Mixamo
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry
May 2010 – Present (1 year 9 months)
Advisor
Razer
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry
April 2010 – Present (1 year 10 months)
Advisor
Real Life +
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry
March 2010 – Present (1 year 11 months)
Advisor
Smoking Gun Interactive Inc.
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry
January 2009 – Present (3 years 1 month)
Advisor
Meteor Solutions
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry
October 2007 – Present (4 years 4 months)
Advisory Board Member
BreakAway Games
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry
November 2006 – Present (5 years 3 months)
Board Member
WildTangent
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry
May 2005 – Present (6 years 9 months)
co-founder
Airtight Games
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry
October 2004 – Present (7 years 4 months)
Advisor
Dhruva Interactive
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry
January 2004 – Present (8 years 1 month)
Program Advisory Committee Member
Digipen Institute of Technology
Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry
September 2003 – Present (8 years 5 months)
Board Member
Canesta
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Semiconductors industry
February 2010 – December 2010 (11 months)
I was a board member until Microsoft purchased Canesta in November 2010.
Board Member
Ageia
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry
June 2004 – February 2008 (3 years 9 months)
Ageia was purchased by NVIDIA
Vice President
Microsoft
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry
March 1986 – January 2004 (17 years 11 months)
Ed Fries's Education
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
BS, Computer Science
1982 – 1986
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