Lex Li
Director at LeXtudio Inc.
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolLex Li is a technology leader and founder with 15+ years of experience modernizing enterprise systems, leading engineering teams, and shipping developer-focused tools across Microsoft technologies and multi-cloud environments. As Director of LeXtudio and former Azure Support Engineering Manager at Microsoft, he blends hands-on engineering (C#, Python, TypeScript) with people-first leadership—having built Microsoft’s Mooncake North America support team and scaled open-source projects like PySNMP and VS Code tools to global use. He has a proven track record delivering modernization for Fortune 500 clients, driving operational excellence through automation and data-driven workflows, and contributing to CI/CD and release processes in mature repos such as Obfuscar. Comfortable across Windows and Linux, Lex pairs protocol-level expertise in SNMP/YANG and network management with a passion for developer tooling, community-building, and pragmatic AI adoption. Based in Toronto, he is a long-time Microsoft MVP and active open-source maintainer whose contributions often live in the infrastructure and build systems that keep developer ecosystems running.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Optical Information Engineering, Master, Optical Information Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyNO.1 Middle School Affiliated to Central China Normal University
English, Chinese
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windows-installer
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iis
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console-application
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compilation
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Github Skills (71)
python10
compact-framework10
windows10
asp-net-core10
asp-net10
visual-studio10
iis10
netcore10
dotnet10
powershell10
home-automation10
scripting10
net10
iot10
code-coverage10
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
lextm/windowsterminal-shell
May 2020 - Jan 2021
Install/uninstall scripts for Windows Terminal context menu items
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 51 commits, 6 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Lex primarily focused on enhancing the Windows Terminal context menu integration, which included writing and modifying PowerShell scripts. They implemented and refined the menu items, incorporating features for both PowerShell and Command Prompt. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to elevated privileges and improved the script's icon resolution and profile handling, demonstrating proficiency in Windows system scripting and user interface customization.
kebab-casewindowsmenucontext-menuuninstall
obfuscar/obfuscar
Jul 2018 - Dec 2022
Open source obfuscation tool for .NET assemblies
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:50 releases, 3 reviews, 117 commits in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Lex primarily focused on updating dependencies across multiple projects within the repository. They bumped versions of numerous packages, including Mono.Cecil and ILRepack, indicating a focus on maintaining and improving the build process. Additionally, the user worked on build scripts and signing processes, including changes to PowerShell scripts and NuGet package signing, suggesting involvement in CI/CD and release management. They also addressed compilation issues, fixed unit tests, and added test cases.
dotnetobfuscatenet-assembliesobfuscationc-sharp
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