Ed Fries is former head of Microsoft Game Studios.
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GamesBeat 2017 announces three more decision makers from gaming’s past and future

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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GamesBeat 2017 will take place at San Francisco’s beautiful Fort Mason on October 5-6, and we’re delighted to announce our next three speakers. This trio can teach us a lot about making big decisions in the game business.

The speakers include Ed Fries, the former head of Microsoft Game Studios; Josh Yguado, the president, chief operating officer, and cofounder of Jam City; and Chris Heatherly, the new head of games at NBCUniversal. You can save 20 percent on registration with our Save20 discount code.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.