This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 141.211.168.116 (talk) at 18:05, 22 August 2005 (removed POV theory. inappropriate for an encyclopedia, complete personal interpretation and lame guesses at Allard's motives). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 18:05, 22 August 2005 by 141.211.168.116 (talk) (removed POV theory. inappropriate for an encyclopedia, complete personal interpretation and lame guesses at Allard's motives)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)James Allard (commonly known as J) is a Corporate Vice President and the Chief XNA Architect at Microsoft. He is also a founder of 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. His responsibilities for Xbox carried over to Microsoft's 2005 video game console, the Xbox 360.
He is actually best known in the software field for his historic memo about the coming rise of the internet sent to Microsoft leaders in the mid 90s, reshaping the direction of the entire company. He was educated at Boston University, earning a bachelor's degree in computer science. Allard has also been known to play The Game as part of Team Pink.
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