Scott Gellock
VP Of Engineering at Microsoft
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top expert inAzure-Centric AI and Bot Development
Scott Gellock is a seasoned engineering leader with 12+ years of experience building and scaling teams that deliver enterprise-grade SaaS and conversational AI products. Currently VP of Engineering at Microsoft in Austin, he blends hands-on development and DevOps expertise with senior leadership across startups and large organizations, including co-founding a Series A SaaS company and leading Seattle engineering at Instructure. His work spans platform, tooling, and product—most recently driving Microsoft Copilot Studio and the Bot Framework/Conversational AI platform used by global brands. Scott is known for operational rigor (99.9%+ uptime track record), instituting DevOps practices, and developing inclusive, growth-focused engineering cultures. He remains an active contributor to prominent open-source projects in the Bot Framework ecosystem, improving build systems and templates to make developer experience more reliable. Practical, action-oriented, and customer-centric, he excels at turning complex AI and cloud initiatives into production-ready, differentiated value.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (15)
bot-framework10
automation10
typescript10
build-tools10
javascript10
automations10
typescripts10
nodejs10
sdk10
typescript-types10
swagger9
yeoman9
cicd8
dockers5
docker5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples
Aug 2018 - Apr 2021
Welcome to the Bot Framework samples repository. Here you will find task-focused samples in C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python to help you get started with the Bot Framework SDK!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:10 reviews, 232 commits, 333 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Scott appears to be focused on the foundational aspects of a basic bot sample, as evidenced by a commit focused on the JavaScript version and later, one in TypeScript, showcasing a template for implementing the bot framework. The contributions include initial JavaScript template generation, enhancements to the TypeScript template, and several updates addressing path and dependency bugs. They also seem to be focused on code structure and automated processes with changes to the yeoman project and related test configuration.
botmicrosoft-cognitive-servicesjavascriptyeomanfocused
microsoft/botbuilder-js
Jul 2018 - Apr 2021
Welcome to the Bot Framework SDK for JavaScript repository, which is the home for the libraries and packages that enable developers to build sophisticated bot applications using JavaScript.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:28 commits, 18 PRs, 25 pushes in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Scott's contributions primarily involve refactoring and bug fixes within the JavaScript Bot Framework SDK. They addressed deprecated methods in build scripts, migrating to `Buffer.from` syntax, and made changes to the build and test scripts. In addition, they fixed issues related to the auto-generation of clients using the swagger tooling. These changes suggest a focus on improving the maintainability and build processes of the project.
sdk-frameworkbotjavascriptsdkbots
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