J Allard (his legal name; formerly James Allard) (born January 12 1969 in Glens Falls, New York) is a Corporate Vice President and the Chief XNA Architect at Microsoft. He also oversaw Microsoft's first foray into the video game industry, the Xbox. Allard oversees all design and engineering for the Xbox console, peripherals, Microsoft's multiplayer online service Xbox Live, as well as development tools for video game developers. Wikipedia
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J Allard is a poser. Reply Neutral aptmunich @ Dec 19th 2005 12:56AM So no-one had an Apple or PSP sticker to slap on there? www.engadget.com/2005/12/12/j-allards-xbox-360/#comments
My personal feelings about the product or interview aside, my impression from Allard was that he's very humble about where they're entering in space -- i.e. ostensibly in last place (for now). www.engadget.com/2006/09/14/the-engadget-interview-j-alla...
A 15-year veteran of Microsoft, J Allard is the corporate vice president of Design and Development for the Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division. www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/jallard/default.mspx
