Podcasts Technology Beyond the Blue Badge Becoming a game-changer with Ed Fries

Becoming a game-changer with Ed Fries

Published: Aug. 25, 2021, 9:33 p.m.

Ed Fries created his first video game when he was only in high school. He landed a job at Microsoft in 1986 and helped develop Word and Excel before running the games group. Ed was crucial in Microsoft\u2019s breakthrough into the gaming industry. In this episode of our Beyond the Blue Badge podcast, host Rich Kaplan sits down with Ed to discuss his journey through fast-growing Microsoft in the \u201880s and \u201890s, the trials and triumphs of building Microsoft\u2019s gaming group, and the most successful products he\u2019s been a part of including Xbox and Halo.