Given the question: Facts: - known for: former microsoft executive - caption: j allard , co-founder project 529 - birth name: james allard - birth date: january 12 , 1969 - name: j allard - image size: 220 - image: j allard , co-founder project 529.jpg - birth place: glens falls , new york - occupation: ceo , project 529 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of j allard .
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j allard -lrb- born james allard , on january 12 , 1969 , in glens falls , new york -rrb- is the ceo of project 529 , a portland , or based startup building software for cyclists .prior to starting project 529 , allard was chief experience officer and chief technology officer for the entertainment and devices division at microsoft .he also oversaw microsoft 's first foray into the video game industry , the xbox , and he is also known to have contributed to the first edition of the specification for the windows sockets api , with assistance from many others .