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| '''J Allard''' (his real name; formerly '''James Allard''') (b. 1968-9) is a Corporate Vice President and the Chief ] Architect at ]. He also oversaw Microsoft's first foray into the ], the ]. Allard oversees all design and engineering for the Xbox console, peripherals, Microsoft's multiplayer online service ], as well as development tools for ]. His responsibilities for Xbox carried over to Microsoft's 2005 ], the ]. | |||
| | image = J Allard, Co-founder Project 529.jpg | |||
| | caption = Allard in 2014 | |||
| | birth_name = James Allard | |||
| | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|January 12, 1969}} | |||
| | birth_place = ] | |||
| | occupation = Businessman | |||
| | known_for = Former Microsoft executive | |||
| | spouse = | |||
| | website = {{URL|www.project529.com}} | |||
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| '''J Allard''' (born '''James Allard''', on January 12, 1969 in ])<ref>{{cite web |title=J Allard | work=BusinessWeek Online | url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_49/b4012008.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629225542/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_49/b4012008.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 29, 2007 | accessdate=November 29, 2006}}</ref> is an American businessman. He is the chief executive officer of Project 529,<ref>{{cite web | title=About Project 529 | work=project529.com | url=https://project529.com/garage/#about | accessdate=April 16, 2014}}</ref> a company that builds software for cyclists and law enforcement. Prior to starting Project 529, Allard was chief technology and experience officer for the Entertainment and Devices Division at ]. He was instrumental in bringing Microsoft into the Internet age,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bu.edu/articles/2009/honoring-j-allard/|title=Honoring J Allard|website=Boston University|language=en|access-date=2019-07-17}}</ref> leading the development of Internet technologies for Windows, and oversaw the company's first foray into the ]. Allard shipped over 30 products during his tenure at Microsoft and was a founding member of many Microsoft businesses, including ], ], Xbox Live, Windows NT and the TCP/IP product families. | |||
| He is known in the software field for his historic memo about the coming rise of the Internet sent to Microsoft leaders in 1995 titled Windows: The Next Killer Application on the Internet,<ref>{{cite news |title=Leaders of The Pack | work=Newsweek International |page=41 | date=April 25, 2005 | accessdate=2006-11-10 | language=English |id=ISSN 01637053}}</ref> reshaping the direction of the entire company. A ] graduate with a bachelor's degree in ], Allard has also been known to play ] as part of Team Pink. On Xbox Live, Allard's ] is "]". | |||
| ==Education== | |||
| Allard is overseeing development of the recently announced ], a handheld portable media device seen by the media as a potential ] rival.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/jallard/default.mspx | title=J Allard: Corporate Vice President, Design and Development, Entertainment and Devices Division | publisher=Microsoft | date=] | accessdate=2006-11-12}}</ref> Allard has notably signed a majority of these artists as part of a broad Zune marketing campaign by Microsoft which included heavy promotion during Seattle's ] festival in 2006. | |||
| Allard is a 1991 ] graduate with a bachelor's degree in ]. In 2003, he received the Distinguished Alumni award and delivered the CS department commencement address.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bu.edu/cs/people/alumni/bu-computing-alumni-network/newletters-address/2003-cs-convocation-address/ | title=BUCS Commencement 2003 | publisher=Boston University | date = May 2003 | accessdate=April 16, 2014}}</ref> He later received an honorary degree (Doctor of Letters) from Boston University at the 2009 Boston University commencement ceremony<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bu.edu/commencement/2009/speakers/allard.shtml | title=BU Commencement 2009 - Speakers and Honorees - J Allard | publisher=Boston University | date=May 1, 2009 | accessdate=May 18, 2009 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517001728/http://www.bu.edu/commencement/2009/speakers/allard.shtml | archivedate=May 17, 2009 }}</ref> alongside Larry Bird and Steven Spielberg.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bu.edu/commencement/explore-the-archives/archives-2009/|title=Archives: 2009 » Commencement 2019|website=www.bu.edu|access-date=2019-07-17}}</ref> In 2019, Allard was awarded an ] (EHF) to New Zealand, joining a community of entrepreneurs and investors to create global change.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ehf.org/cohort-5|title=Cohort 5 - Karamu|website=EHF|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-09|archive-date=2019-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725163843/https://www.ehf.org/cohort-5|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| == Project 529 == | |||
| Allard started the 529 Garage bicycle registration service in 2014 in ]. Today Project 529 is the world's largest bike registration network,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4609575/project-529-helps-return-almost-one-stolen-bike-a-day-in-vancouver/|title=Project 529 helps return almost one stolen bike a day in Vancouver - BC|date=2018-10-29|website=globalnews.ca|language=en|access-date=2019-07-17}}</ref> approaching two million registered bikes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@project529/529-garage-surpasses-one-million-searchable-bicycles-worldwide-6143928f28cd|title=529 Garage surpasses one million searchable bicycles worldwide|date=2019-07-24|website=Medium|language=en|access-date=2019-07-25}}</ref> The service is used by bicycle owners, cities, law enforcement, universities and bike shops as a registration, reporting and recovery program. Since launching the first official test city of ], Canada in 2015, bike theft has dropped over 35% and thousands of stolen bicycles have been reunited with their owners.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2018/10/29/app-that-slashed-vancouver-bike-thefts-becomes-a-model-for-the-world.html|title=App that slashed Vancouver bike thefts becomes a model for the world|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=29 October 2018|language=en|access-date=2019-07-17|last1=Green|first1=Melanie}}</ref> The program is now rapidly expanding throughout North America and has captured the attention of the World Bank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/project-529-helps-position-vancouver-as-world-leader-in-fighting-bike-theft|title=Project 529 helps make Vancouver world leader in fighting bike theft|website=Vancouver Sun|first=Kevin|last=Griffin|date=2018-10-29|language=en|access-date=2019-07-17}}</ref> | |||
| ==Microsoft== | |||
| Allard joined Microsoft in 1991, recruited from Boston University as a Program Manager on the ] team overseeing the network protocol efforts and ] program. The former chief experience officer is best known for developing the ] product family, as well as his 1994 memo, "Windows: The Next Killer Application on the Internet",<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/about/companyinformation/timeline/timeline/docs/di_killerapp_internetmemo.rtf |title=Archived copy |website=] |access-date=2021-06-28 |archive-date=2016-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012115959/http://www.microsoft.com/about/companyinformation/timeline/timeline/docs/di_killerapp_internetmemo.rtf |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> | |||
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Leaders of The Pack | work=Newsweek International |page=41 | date=April 25, 2005 |issn=0163-7053}}</ref> encouraging the Microsoft team to embrace the Internet. The memo, distributed to Microsoft leaders, captured the attention of Bill Gates and is cited for reshaping the company's direction, earning Allard the reputation as "Microsoft's Father of the Internet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://events.stanford.edu/events/110/11049|title=J Allard Talk, Microsoft|website=events.stanford.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-07-17|archive-date=2019-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717211050/https://events.stanford.edu/events/110/11049/|url-status=dead}}</ref>" According to an internal email, Allard was a network engineer responsible for convincing Microsoft to ship ] in ]. | |||
| Allard co-founded the Xbox project in 1999, primarily focused on the Xbox software platform, ], and recruiting third-party developers and publishers to support the program. He was later promoted to the position of CTO and CXO of the Entertainment and Devices Division. This role had Allard building a unified design team, an incubation & prototyping team called Alchemie Ventures and new product development such as Zune, Kin and Courier.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/the-inside-story-of-how-microsoft-killed-its-courier-tablet/|title=The inside story of how Microsoft killed its Courier tablet|last=Greene|first=Jay|website=CNET|language=en|access-date=2019-07-17}}</ref> Throughout his career, Allard was an advocate for ]s serving on the Windows Sockets, ], IAB and ] organizations. He often served as a media spokesperson for Microsoft as part of his product and standards work. | |||
| === Products Shipped === | |||
| * LAN Manager (2.0, 2.1, 2.2, TCP/IP Utilities for LAN Manager, Remote Access for LAN Manager, Macintosh Services for LAN Manager, Windows Sockets 1.0, 2.0) | |||
| *] (Windows NT 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0, 5.0, TCP/IP for Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT Option Kit) | |||
| *] (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, ] 1.0, 2.0, ] 2.0, ], Microsoft XML) | |||
| *] (Xbox 1.0, Xbox Live, Xbox 360, Xbox peripherals, ], ]) | |||
| * Entertainment & Devices (Zune 30, 4, 8, 80, HD, ], Zune 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, Kin, Courier) | |||
| ===Zune=== | |||
| The Zune program started following the launch of the Xbox 360 in 2007 | |||
| . It was co-led by Allard (product) and Bryan Lee (business). When Lee stepped down in 2007 from his post as Zune Executive in charge of business development, Allard took over as the new executive.<ref name="release">{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070201-8754.html|title=One Zune exec out; J Allard takes over the program|date=February 2007|accessdate=October 15, 2007}}</ref> Allard oversaw development of the ], a handheld portable media device, initially seen by some media as a potential ] rival.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/jallard/default.mspx | title=J Allard: Corporate Vice President, Design and Development, Entertainment and Devices Division | publisher=Microsoft | date=October 6, 2006 | accessdate=November 12, 2006}}</ref> The first generation Zune shipped in 2006 and sold more units than all non-iPod MP3 players sold in its first year. | |||
| ===Kin=== | |||
| The ] phone project, first known by the codename 'Project Pink', began under Allard in 2008. After an internal power struggle, control of the project was moved from Allard to Andy Lees, who headed the ].<ref name="Ziegler2010">{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/life-and-death-of-microsoft-kin-the-inside-story/|date=July 2, 2010|accessdate=August 19, 2014|title=Life and death of Microsoft Kin: the inside story|first=Chris|last=Ziegler|work=]|publisher=]|url-status=live|archivedate=July 14, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714135243/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/life-and-death-of-microsoft-kin-the-inside-story/}}</ref> The project cost Microsoft US$1 billion and was discontinued on June 30, 2010 due to poor sales.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/smart_phones/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225702679 |title=Does It Matter How Many Kins Microsoft Sold? |author=Eric Zeman |date=July 8, 2010 |magazine=] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://gizmodo.com/5576764/microsoft-kills-kin | |||
| |title=Microsoft Kills Kin | |||
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| ===Courier=== | |||
| Allard headed up the team at Microsoft that created the two-screen tablet prototype and business plan called ]. The Courier project did not receive funding by Steve Ballmer, who insisted that the product run Windows and Office. Shortly after Ballmer's decision to cancel development of the Courier, Allard left Microsoft, though said his decision to leave was unrelated to the Courier cancellation.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20128013-75/the-inside-story-of-how-microsoft-killed-its-courier-tablet/ | title=The inside story of how Microsoft killed its Courier tablet | publisher=CNet | date=November 1, 2011}}</ref> | |||
| ===Retirement from Microsoft=== | |||
| On May 25, 2010, Allard left Microsoft. Upon announcing his retirement, Allard wrote an internal email named "Decide. Change. Reinvent." to Microsoft employees discussing his career history at Microsoft and attempting to instill inspiration to a group of employees at Microsoft he refers to as "The Tribe". According to Allard, "The Tribe" is "a group of people diverse in perspective, similar in skills and completely, totally galvanized around one central purpose. Change."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2010/05/26/if-you-want-to-change-the-world-with-technology.aspx|title="If you want to change the world with technology..." |accessdate=28 April 2013|date=25 May 2010}}</ref> | |||
| Before leaving Microsoft, Allard became a director of The Clymb, a Flash sale site featuring outdoor products. In June 2011, The Clymb raised $2 million from a handful of angel investors, including Allard,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20128045-75/how-windows-8-kod-the-innovative-courier-tablet/|title=How Windows 8 KO'd the innovative Courier tablet|publisher=CBS Interactive|work=CNET|accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref> and was sold to LeftLane Sports in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/52331-32|title=The Clymb Company Profile: Acquisition & Investors|website=pitchbook.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-17}}</ref> | |||
| Allard joined ] on May 14, 2020, as the global managing director to help oversee the release of the ].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-14-xbox-co-founder-j-allard-heads-up-intellivision | title = Xbox co-founder J Allard heads up Intellivision | first = James | last= Batchelor | date = May 14, 2020 | accessdate = May 14, 2020 | work = ] }}</ref> As of January, 2021, all references to Intellivision Entertainment and J. Allard's time there have been removed from his LinkedIn page with no announcement or further information.<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/jallard529/ {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref> As of March 2021, all references related to Allard's involvement with Intellivision have now been removed from Intellivision's website and related ] webpages. In an interview posted on ], Allard says that he left the company last summer, shortly after joining, stating that there was "No drama, just not a good fit".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geekwire.com/2021/xbox-co-founder-j-allard-left-intellivision-short-stint-hints-project-gaming-vet-brother/|title = Xbox co-founder J Allard left Intellivision after short stint, hints at project with gaming vet brother|date = 8 March 2021}}</ref> This statement from Allard seems to directly contradict Intellivision Entertainment chief executive officer Tommy Tallarico, who said as recently as March 2021 that J. Allard is still an advisor.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Amico/comments/m0roay/xbox_cofounder_j_allard_left_intellivision_after/ | title=R/Amico - Xbox co-founder J Allard left Intellivision after short stint, hints at project with gaming vet brother | date=8 March 2021 }}</ref> | |||
| === GoFundMe === | |||
| In July 2022, it was announced that Allard would be joining GoFundMe as Chief Product and Technology Officer to lead the organisation in technology infrastructure, product oversight, design and overseeing engineering teams.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220719005270/en/J-Allard-Joins-GoFundMe-as-Chief-Product-and-Technology-Officer|title=J Allard Joins GoFundMe as Chief Product and Technology Officer|date=19 July 2022}}</ref> | |||
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American businessman| J Allard | |
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 Allard in 2014 | |
| Born | James Allard January 12, 1969 (1969-01-12) (age 55) Glens Falls, New York |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Former Microsoft executive |
| Website | www |
J Allard (born James Allard, on January 12, 1969 in Glens Falls, New York) is an American businessman. He is the chief executive officer of Project 529, a company that builds software for cyclists and law enforcement. Prior to starting Project 529, Allard was chief technology and experience officer for the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. He was instrumental in bringing Microsoft into the Internet age, leading the development of Internet technologies for Windows, and oversaw the company's first foray into the video game industry. Allard shipped over 30 products during his tenure at Microsoft and was a founding member of many Microsoft businesses, including Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Windows NT and the TCP/IP product families.
Education
Allard is a 1991 Boston University graduate with a bachelor's degree in computer science. In 2003, he received the Distinguished Alumni award and delivered the CS department commencement address. He later received an honorary degree (Doctor of Letters) from Boston University at the 2009 Boston University commencement ceremony alongside Larry Bird and Steven Spielberg. In 2019, Allard was awarded an Edmund Hillary Fellowship (EHF) to New Zealand, joining a community of entrepreneurs and investors to create global change.
Project 529
Allard started the 529 Garage bicycle registration service in 2014 in Portland, Oregon. Today Project 529 is the world's largest bike registration network, approaching two million registered bikes. The service is used by bicycle owners, cities, law enforcement, universities and bike shops as a registration, reporting and recovery program. Since launching the first official test city of Vancouver, Canada in 2015, bike theft has dropped over 35% and thousands of stolen bicycles have been reunited with their owners. The program is now rapidly expanding throughout North America and has captured the attention of the World Bank.
Microsoft
Allard joined Microsoft in 1991, recruited from Boston University as a Program Manager on the LAN Manager team overseeing the network protocol efforts and NDIS program. The former chief experience officer is best known for developing the Xbox product family, as well as his 1994 memo, "Windows: The Next Killer Application on the Internet", encouraging the Microsoft team to embrace the Internet. The memo, distributed to Microsoft leaders, captured the attention of Bill Gates and is cited for reshaping the company's direction, earning Allard the reputation as "Microsoft's Father of the Internet." According to an internal email, Allard was a network engineer responsible for convincing Microsoft to ship TCP/IP in Windows 95.
Allard co-founded the Xbox project in 1999, primarily focused on the Xbox software platform, Xbox Live, and recruiting third-party developers and publishers to support the program. He was later promoted to the position of CTO and CXO of the Entertainment and Devices Division. This role had Allard building a unified design team, an incubation & prototyping team called Alchemie Ventures and new product development such as Zune, Kin and Courier. Throughout his career, Allard was an advocate for open standards serving on the Windows Sockets, IETF, IAB and W3C organizations. He often served as a media spokesperson for Microsoft as part of his product and standards work.
Products Shipped
- LAN Manager (2.0, 2.1, 2.2, TCP/IP Utilities for LAN Manager, Remote Access for LAN Manager, Macintosh Services for LAN Manager, Windows Sockets 1.0, 2.0)
- Windows (Windows NT 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0, 5.0, TCP/IP for Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT Option Kit)
- Internet Information Server (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, Active Server Pages 1.0, 2.0, Active Data Objects 2.0, Microsoft Transaction Server, Microsoft XML)
- Xbox (Xbox 1.0, Xbox Live, Xbox 360, Xbox peripherals, XNA, Xbox Music)
- Entertainment & Devices (Zune 30, 4, 8, 80, HD, Zune Pass, Zune 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, Kin, Courier)
Zune
The Zune program started following the launch of the Xbox 360 in 2007 . It was co-led by Allard (product) and Bryan Lee (business). When Lee stepped down in 2007 from his post as Zune Executive in charge of business development, Allard took over as the new executive. Allard oversaw development of the Microsoft Zune, a handheld portable media device, initially seen by some media as a potential iPod rival. The first generation Zune shipped in 2006 and sold more units than all non-iPod MP3 players sold in its first year.
Kin
The Microsoft Kin phone project, first known by the codename 'Project Pink', began under Allard in 2008. After an internal power struggle, control of the project was moved from Allard to Andy Lees, who headed the Windows Phone division. The project cost Microsoft US$1 billion and was discontinued on June 30, 2010 due to poor sales.
Courier
Allard headed up the team at Microsoft that created the two-screen tablet prototype and business plan called Courier. The Courier project did not receive funding by Steve Ballmer, who insisted that the product run Windows and Office. Shortly after Ballmer's decision to cancel development of the Courier, Allard left Microsoft, though said his decision to leave was unrelated to the Courier cancellation.
Retirement from Microsoft
On May 25, 2010, Allard left Microsoft. Upon announcing his retirement, Allard wrote an internal email named "Decide. Change. Reinvent." to Microsoft employees discussing his career history at Microsoft and attempting to instill inspiration to a group of employees at Microsoft he refers to as "The Tribe". According to Allard, "The Tribe" is "a group of people diverse in perspective, similar in skills and completely, totally galvanized around one central purpose. Change."
Before leaving Microsoft, Allard became a director of The Clymb, a Flash sale site featuring outdoor products. In June 2011, The Clymb raised $2 million from a handful of angel investors, including Allard, and was sold to LeftLane Sports in 2016.
Allard joined Intellivision Entertainment on May 14, 2020, as the global managing director to help oversee the release of the Intellivision Amico. As of January, 2021, all references to Intellivision Entertainment and J. Allard's time there have been removed from his LinkedIn page with no announcement or further information. As of March 2021, all references related to Allard's involvement with Intellivision have now been removed from Intellivision's website and related Intellivision Amico webpages. In an interview posted on GeekWire, Allard says that he left the company last summer, shortly after joining, stating that there was "No drama, just not a good fit". This statement from Allard seems to directly contradict Intellivision Entertainment chief executive officer Tommy Tallarico, who said as recently as March 2021 that J. Allard is still an advisor.
GoFundMe
In July 2022, it was announced that Allard would be joining GoFundMe as Chief Product and Technology Officer to lead the organisation in technology infrastructure, product oversight, design and overseeing engineering teams.
References
- "J Allard". BusinessWeek Online. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2006.
- "About Project 529". project529.com. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
- "Honoring J Allard". Boston University. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- "BUCS Commencement 2003". Boston University. May 2003. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
- "BU Commencement 2009 - Speakers and Honorees - J Allard". Boston University. May 1, 2009. Archived from the original on May 17, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
- "Archives: 2009 » Commencement 2019". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- "Cohort 5 - Karamu". EHF. Archived from the original on 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- "Project 529 helps return almost one stolen bike a day in Vancouver - BC". globalnews.ca. 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- "529 Garage surpasses one million searchable bicycles worldwide". Medium. 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- Green, Melanie (29 October 2018). "App that slashed Vancouver bike thefts becomes a model for the world". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- Griffin, Kevin (2018-10-29). "Project 529 helps make Vancouver world leader in fighting bike theft". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- "Archived copy". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "Leaders of The Pack". Newsweek International. April 25, 2005. p. 41. ISSN 0163-7053.
- "J Allard Talk, Microsoft". events.stanford.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- Greene, Jay. "The inside story of how Microsoft killed its Courier tablet". CNET. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- "One Zune exec out; J Allard takes over the program". February 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2007.
- "J Allard: Corporate Vice President, Design and Development, Entertainment and Devices Division". Microsoft. October 6, 2006. Retrieved November 12, 2006.
- Ziegler, Chris (July 2, 2010). "Life and death of Microsoft Kin: the inside story". Engadget. AOL. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- Eric Zeman (July 8, 2010). "Does It Matter How Many Kins Microsoft Sold?". InformationWeek.
- "Microsoft Kills Kin". Gizmodo. June 30, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
- "The inside story of how Microsoft killed its Courier tablet". CNet. November 1, 2011.
- ""If you want to change the world with technology..."". 25 May 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- "How Windows 8 KO'd the innovative Courier tablet". CNET. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- "The Clymb Company Profile: Acquisition & Investors". pitchbook.com. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- Batchelor, James (May 14, 2020). "Xbox co-founder J Allard heads up Intellivision". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jallard529/
- "Xbox co-founder J Allard left Intellivision after short stint, hints at project with gaming vet brother". 8 March 2021.
- "R/Amico - Xbox co-founder J Allard left Intellivision after short stint, hints at project with gaming vet brother". 8 March 2021.
- "J Allard Joins GoFundMe as Chief Product and Technology Officer" (Press release). 19 July 2022.
External links
- Inside an ex-Microsoft wunderkind's Canadian crusade to save your bike
- Project 529 becomes model for the world
- Interview about Project 529
- Why J Allard left Microsoft
- Where is Xbox visionary J Allard?
- The making of Xbox
- Interview about Zune
