Kate Edwards
American geographer
Kate Edwards (born c. 1965) 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. 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.
Education and career
Edwards received a B.A. in geography and a certificate in cartography from California State University, Long Beach. She received an M.A. and PhD in geography at the University of Washington.
Edwards was the geopolitical strategist for Microsoft between 1992 and 2005. She assisted with Microsoft's virtual earth technology and Encarta World Atlas project. She proposed and founded a new team called Geopolitical Strategy in 1998.
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