Kate Edwards | |
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Born | Los Angeles |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | California State University Long Beach University of Washington |
Occupation(s) | Geographer Executive Director Consultant |
Known for | Executive Director of International Game Developers Association |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geography Cartography Video games Geopolitics Author |
Institutions | University of Washington Microsoft Geogrify LLC International Game Developers Association |
Kate Edwards (born c. 1965)[1] is a geographer, writer, and content culturalization strategist, most active in information-based cartography and video game content. She was the executive director of the International Game Developers Association from December 2012 to June 2017.[2] Edwards spent over a decade working in various roles at Microsoft, creating the Geopolitical Strategy team and working to evaluate and manage geopolitical and cultural content in software products. After leaving Microsoft she founded Englobe (now Geogrify) as a consulting firm engaged in content culturalization and strategy, primarily for the video game industry.