39Innovators
Charity Majors
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Honeycomb
United States
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 100
A different selection each visit. Open a ranking to see the full countdown.
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41Application security
Troy Hunt
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Have I Been Pwned
Australia
84Builders
Boni García
Associate Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Spain
65Leaders
Marie Cruz
Senior Developer Advocate, Grafana Labs
United Kingdom
92Research
Andrea Arcuri
Professor, Kristiania University of Applied Sciences
Norway
69Leaders
Vernon Richards
Senior Engineering Manager (QA); Quality Coach, Abode of Quality
United Kingdom
35Visionaries
Mary Poppendieck
Author and Consultant, Poppendieck LLC
United States
31Pioneers
Daniel Terhorst-North
Principal Consultant, Dan North & Associates
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%.