Ed Fries

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Edward "Ed" Fries (* 1964 in Bellevue , Washington ) is an American manager , consultant and game developer .

Career

From 1986 to 2004, Fries was Vice President of Microsoft . There he developed the first Office products before he initiated Microsoft Game Studios and was significantly involved in the development of the Xbox . Microsoft Games Studios grew under him from 50 to over 1200 employees and published over 100 computer games. He works as a consultant for the Android console Ouya and the games company Animoca Brands . In the 1980s, he began developing computer games for the Atari 800 . Fries studied computer science at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology . From 1986 to 2004 he worked for Microsoft. Since February 2006 he has been on the Board of Commissioners of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and advisor to Animoca Brands .

Fries collects old computers and was able to rediscover the world's first ROM from a Gran Trak 10 machine in 2018 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ed Fries. Retrieved June 24, 2019 (American English).
  2. ↑ Craig Chapple, Senior Editor: Animoca Brands brings in Xbox co-founder Ed Fries as strategic advisor. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
  3. ↑ CasualConnect: My Life in Games | Ed Fries. July 27, 2016, accessed June 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Ed Fries: Interview with the inventor of the Xbox - Golem.de. Accessed June 24, 2019 (German).
  5. ^ Bloomberg - Executive Profile. Retrieved June 24, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b Emotiv's Strategic Advisors. July 6, 2009, accessed June 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ https://www.animocabrands.com/animoca-brands-acquires-pixowl
  8. ↑ Will Freeman: Finding the first ROM: original Xbox lead Ed Fries' double life as an arcade archaeologist. In: Eurogamer. August 5, 2018, accessed June 24, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Fries, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fries, Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American manager, consultant and game developer
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Bellevue , Washington , United States