Ed Fries

Current

• Advisor at Mixamo
• Advisor at Razer
• Advisor at Real Life +

• Board Member at Canesta
• Board Member at Exponential Entertainment
• Advisor at Z2Live
• Advisor at Smoking Gun Interactive Inc.
• Advisor at Meteor Solutions
• Board Member at Ancient Egypt Research Associates
• Advisory Board Member at BreakAway Games
• Advisor at BigStage
• 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

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Past

• Advisor at Vyk
• Board Member at Ageia
• co-founder at Fireant

• Vice President at Microsoft
• board member at Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

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Education

• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Games

Ed Fries’s Summary

Co-founder of the Xbox Project
Built Microsoft Game Studios
18 year Microsoft Employee

Ed Fries’s Experience

• Advisor

  Mixamo

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  May 2010 — Present (3 months)

• Advisor

  Razer

  (Privately Held; Consumer Electronics industry)

  April 2010 — Present (4 months)

• Advisor

  Real Life +

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  March 2010 — Present (5 months)

• Board Member

  Canesta

  (Privately Held; Semiconductors industry)

  February 2010 — Present (6 months)

• Board Member

  Exponential Entertainment

  (Computer Games industry)

  February 2010 — Present (6 months)

• Advisor

  Z2Live

  (Computer Games industry)

  September 2009 — Present (11 months)

• Advisor

  Smoking Gun Interactive Inc.

  (Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

  January 2009 — Present (1 year 7 months)

• Advisor

  Meteor Solutions

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

• Board Member

  Ancient Egypt Research Associates

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Fund-Raising industry)

  September 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  www.aeraweb.org

• Advisory Board Member

  BreakAway Games

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  November 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)

• Advisor

  BigStage

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  November 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)

  www.bigstage.com

• CEO

  FigurePrints LLC

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

  September 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  Check it out at www.figureprints.com

• Board Member

  WildTangent

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  May 2005 — Present (5 years 3 months)

• Advisory Board Member

  Timeplay

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  February 2005 — Present (5 years 6 months)

• Advisor

  Emotiv Systems

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)

  January 2005 — Present (5 years 7 months)

• co-founder

  Airtight Games

  (Computer Games industry)

  October 2004 — Present (5 years 10 months)

• Advisor

  Dhruva Interactive

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  January 2004 — Present (6 years 7 months)

• Program Advisory Committee Member

  Digipen Institute of Technology

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  September 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)

• Advisor

  Vyk

  (Computer Games industry)

  November 2006 — September 2009 (2 years 11 months)

• Board Member

  Ageia

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  June 2004 — February 2008 (3 years 9 months)

  Ageia was purchased by NVIDIA

• co-founder

  Fireant

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

  April 2004 — September 2004 (6 months)

  Fireant was acquired by Sony Online Entertainment in September of 2004

• Vice President

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Games industry)

  March 1986 — January 2004 (17 years 11 months)

• board member

  Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

  (Computer Games industry)

  1998 — 2002 (4 years )

Ed Fries’s Education

• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

  BS , Computer Science , 1982 — 1986

Additional Information

Ed Fries’s Groups:

•    Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA)
•    Microsoft - Current and Former Employees
•    Allegiance (Game) Developer Squad
•    IGDA Seattle Pro Chapter

Ed Fries’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch