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.