76Testing Practice & Leadership
Simon Prior
Senior QE Leader, Sony PlayStation
United Kingdom
The Luvo 100
The Top 100
people shaping
software quality
today
Meet the people behind the technology that works.
The rankings
The Luvo 100
Global
The Top 100 People Shaping Software Quality Worldwide
- Current ranking
- 9 September 2026
- Next ranking
- 9 September 2027
Voting now open
The Luvo 100
Australia & New Zealand
The Top 100 People Shaping Software Quality Across Australia & New Zealand
- Current ranking
- 9 September 2026
- Next ranking
- 1 December 2026
Voting now open
A few of the Global 100
A different selection each visit from the worldwide list. Open the ranking to see the full countdown.
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25Testing Practice & Leadership
Karen N. Johnson
Independent Software Test Consultant
United States
28Testing Practice & Leadership
Huib Schoots
Quality Coach and Consultant
Netherlands
86Test Automation & Tooling
Aslak Hellesøy
Creator of Cucumber; CTO at Papyria; Co-founder and CTO at Open Art Market, Papyria / Open Art Market
United Kingdom
38Quality Engineering & Delivery
Gene Kim
Founder and Author, IT Revolution
United States
94Testing Research & Education
Michael D. Ernst
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
United States
20Community & Advocacy
Richard Bradshaw
Founder and AI Engineer, Evolving Quality Ltd
United Kingdom
71Community & Advocacy
Parveen Khan
Quality Engineering Manager / Quality Practice Lead, CFC
United Kingdom
Quality is bigger than testing.
The question behind the Luvo 100 is simple: who are the people making the most significant contribution to better software?
Nobody needs "quality" in their job title. We recognise engineers, leaders, researchers, accessibility and security specialists, SREs, platform and AI practitioners, open-source contributors and community builders — anyone whose work materially improves the quality of software.
How the rankings workHalf community. Half editorial.
01
Nominate
Anyone can nominate someone whose work is improving software quality.
02
Vote your Top 10
Verified voters rank up to ten people. #1 earns 10 points, down to 1 point for #10.
03
Editorial assessment
Community results carry 50%. The Luvo editorial assessment of demonstrated contribution carries the other 50%.
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The country with the most requests gets the next local list.
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