J Allard's guest appearances

J Allard

The Group Ride

Beyond the Blue Badge

games industry insights - devcom podcast

Terri Cole

Matt Murphy

Gareth Coker

Tommy Tallarico

Robert Hohman

Amy Brown

Steve Ballmer

Chris King

Dan Lewis

Kate Edwards

Manny Medina

Jeff Scott

David Perry

Sarah Outen

Terry Smith

OwlTail

J Allard spent 19 years at Microsoft.  Leading teams ranging from 20 to 3,000, J helped develop multiple businesses, brands, and initiatives at the company, including Xbox. He was an early advocate of Microsoft’s foray onto the internet. In this episode of our Beyond the Blue Badge podcast, host Rich Kaplan sits down with J to discuss his early days at Microsoft, the birth of Xbox, and the platform he’s built post-Microsoft.

J Allard spent 19 years at Microsoft.  Leading teams ranging from 20 to 3,000, J helped develop multiple businesses, brands, and initiatives at the company, including Xbox. He was an early advocate of Microsoft’s foray onto the internet. In this episode of our Beyond the Blue Badge podcast, host Rich Kaplan sits down with J to discuss his early days at Microsoft, the birth of Xbox, and the platform he’s built post-Microsoft.

Driving impact with former Xbox VP J Allard

This is the rerelease of the first episode of "devcom podcast". Our host Lars Janssen welcomes the top management tier of Intellivision Entertainment: legendary videogames composer and CEO, Tommy Tallarico; renowned game developer and board member David Perry; Xbox veteran and the company’s global MD, J Allard, and their President of European Operations, Hans Ippisch.  They talk about how they pooled their experience to release the new family home video game console Amico (Italian for “friend”). Their idea is to bring families together again in front of the TV to enjoy easily accessible games. What brings this team together? What is the vision behind Amico and how do developers benefit from this?  Content: 00:00:00 Welcome00:01:14 The Vision of Amico00:11:20 Building the Games 00:18:30 Supporting the developer00:30:15 How to bring the Amico to the People00:34:10 Building an experience00:39:18 Who buys Videogames?00:44:59 Easy access is the key00:53:27 Talking about the Amico games01:07:39 Finding the perfect audience01:20:35 Family friendly brands01:28:50 Looking into the future01:34:50 Working for Intellivision01:40:33 The Passion01:47:44 Goodbye

This is the rerelease of the first episode of "devcom podcast". Our host Lars Janssen welcomes the top management tier of Intellivision Entertainment: legendary videogames composer and CEO, Tommy Tallarico; renowned game developer and board member David Perry; Xbox veteran and the company’s global MD, J Allard, and their President of European Operations, Hans Ippisch.  They talk about how they pooled their experience to release the new family home video game console Amico (Italian for “friend”). Their idea is to bring families together again in front of the TV to enjoy easily accessible games. What brings this team together? What is the vision behind Amico and how do developers benefit from this?  Content: 00:00:00 Welcome 00:01:14 The Vision of Amico 00:11:20 Building the Games  00:18:30 Supporting the developer 00:30:15 How to bring the Amico to the People 00:34:10 Building an experience 00:39:18 Who buys Videogames? 00:44:59 Easy access is the key 00:53:27 Talking about the Amico games 01:07:39 Finding the perfect audience 01:20:35 Family friendly brands 01:28:50 Looking into the future 01:34:50 Working for Intellivision 01:40:33 The Passion 01:47:44 Goodbye

#002 Intellivision - With Tommy Tallarico, David Perry, J Allard and Hans Ippisch

J Allard from Project 529 joins the show to chat about their service which helps recover stolen bikes. Then I continue with Chapter 2 of my cycling story, followed by a recap of how Zwift...

Episode 3 – J Allard from Project 529