Lee Stott
Principal Cloud Advocate Manager
England, United Kingdom
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Lee Stott is a Principal Cloud Advocate Manager at Microsoft with 11 years' experience building developer communities and accelerating AI and cloud adoption, particularly around low-code and rapid app development. He combines hands-on cloud engineering—contributions to high-profile repos like Azure Quickstart Templates and AcademicContent—with strategic advocacy to help AI entrepreneurs discover, trust, and ship solutions on Microsoft Cloud. An Honorary Associate Professor at UCL, he brings an academic lens to industry collaboration, teaching project-based learning and advising multiple university advisory boards. Lee’s background in automating Azure environments and deploying JupyterHub demonstrates a practical focus on reproducible research and developer productivity, while his roles on national education networks and game-industry R&D boards reveal a rare blend of policy, pedagogy, and product-focused influence.
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cloud-computing10
bash10
cloud-infrastructure10
virtual-machine10
microsoft-azure10
ubuntu10
azure-resource-manager10
automation10
infrastructure10
resource-manager10
arm10
powershell10
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/AcademicContent
Oct 2016 - Jul 2022
Free tech resources for faculty, students, researchers, life-long learners, and academic community builders for use in tech based courses, workshops, and hackathons.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:8 reviews, 128 commits, 22 PRs in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Lee primarily contributed PowerShell scripts designed for Azure resource management within the context of O365 and Azure integration. Their work included scripts for bulk user creation, resource group deployments, and the assignment of role-based access control (RBAC) permissions. They also demonstrated knowledge of Azure subscriptions and related configuration, focusing on automating and streamlining administrative tasks within the cloud environment.
tech-resourcespythontech-talksfacultylearners
Azure/azure-quickstart-templates
Nov 2019 - May 2022
Azure Quickstart Templates
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Cloud Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Cloud EngineerContributions:291 commits, 69 PRs, 61 comments in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Lee contributed to the automation and configuration of Azure environments, primarily focusing on setting up and customizing Ubuntu-based virtual machines. Their work included installing software packages like VSCode and the Azure CLI, as well as configuring remote desktop access. Furthermore, the user deployed JupyterHub instances, demonstrating an understanding of cloud infrastructure and deployment processes within the Azure environment.
bicep-templatestemplatesbicepazurearm-templates
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