# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-allard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:12:40.044Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-allard"
name: "J Allard"
slug: "j-allard"
description: "J Allard 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."
tagline: "Businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J_Allard%2C_Co-founder_Project_529.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1969-01-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.22
  momentum:             5.526896284829721
  historical:           5.691002666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9D%B4_%EC%95%A8%EB%9F%AC%EB%93%9C"
    title: "제이 앨러드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Allard"
    title: "J Allard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Allard"
    title: "J Allard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Allard"
    title: "J Allard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Allard"
    title: "J Allard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9"
    title: "Аллард, Джей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1056106"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump