Sigurlína (Lína) Valgerður Ingvarsdóttir (born 1978) is an Icelandic engineer, project manager and video games specialist. Starting in 2012, she worked in

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, Sweden, for

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, and coordinated the development of ''

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'' and later of ''

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''. Since 2021, she has been chair of Icelandic game developer Solid Clouds.

Biography

Sigurlína was born and grew up in Iceland. Growing up, she enjoyed horse riding, reading fantasy and science fiction, as well as playing video games, board games, and tabletop role-playing games. She graduated with a degree in

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from the

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in 2002. Her first job was as project manager with the Activis pharmaceutical company. Through friends working on '' EVE Online'' at

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, she joined the company in 2006, rising to the level of senior producer. After a spell with

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in 2011, in 2012 she joined DICE to coordinate ''Battlefront'', which has enjoyed commercial success. After shipping Battlefront, she moved to

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to become Senior Producer for

. She joined independent studio

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in the summer of 2018 and three years later was announced chairwoman of Icelandic game developer Solid Clouds. Sigurlína is a member of ''The Future Is Ours'' campaign, which is concerned with carbon emission levels. She also served as one of the first chairs of the Icelandic Game Industry.

References

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