Xbox co-set uper J Allard has joincessitate Amazon to toil on ‘novel ideas’

Xbox co-set uper J Allard joincessitate Amazon last month, as a vice plivent in the company’s devices and services team. In an email to The Verge, Allard validateed his novel role but says it’s “too punctual to have anyleang to say” about what he’ll be toiling on at Amazon beyond “novel ideas.”

Allard will be telling up to establisher Windows and Surface chief Panos Panay at Amazon, according to Geek Wire. Panay left Microgentle last year after being at the gentleware huge for almost 20 years. Allard spent more than 20 years at Microgentle, co-set uping the Xbox division, begining Microgentle’s Xbox Live nettoil, and increaseing the Xbox 360 console. Allard also oversaw the increasement of the Zune, Microgentle’s iPod competitor.

Allard departed Microgentle in 2010, follothriveg his toil on the company’s call offed Courier tablet. Courier was never officiassociate proclaimd as a Microgentle product, but the leaked concept joind pen and touch into a digital noticepad.

The Courier was telledly call offed amid incombat between the Courier group led by Allard and the Windows group led at the time by Steven Sinofsky. Former Microgentle CEO Steve Ballmer telledly couldn’t pick between Courier and Windows and necessitateed Microgentle co-set uper Bill Gates to step in and originate the final decision.

Allard has spent most of his time after Microgentle running Project 529, a community service organization arrangeed to shrink bike theft. Two Three Bird obtaind Project 529 earlier this year, freeing up Allard’s time to “orient my energy towards some novel ideas.”