61Educators
Debbie O'Brien
Platform Engineer, Applied AI, Zephyr Cloud
Spain
Luvo100 / 2026
The 100 Most
Influential People
in Software Testing
Recognising the people shaping the future of software testing, quality engineering and software quality worldwide.
The Luvo100 2026
The Luvo100 2026
An annual, independent record of the 100 people with the greatest influence on software testing, quality engineering and software quality.
From the next edition, the community nominates and votes on candidates, and those signals are weighed alongside an independent editorial assessment to determine the final 100.
Read the methodologyA few of the 100
A different selection each visit. The top ten — and No.1 — are revealed in the full countdown.
61
15Educators
Dave Farley
Founder and Director, Continuous Delivery Ltd
United Kingdom
86Builders
Aslak Hellesøy
Creator of Cucumber; Co-founder and CTO, Open Art Market
United Kingdom
63Educators
Nikolay Advolodkin
Founder, Ultimate QA
United States
25Leaders
Karen N. Johnson
Independent Software Test Consultant
United States
CS
40Innovators
Cindy Sridharan
Distributed Systems Engineer and Author
United States
72Community
Ajay Balamurugadas
Senior Director of QE, GSPANN
India
45Leaders
Léonie Watson
Director, TetraLogical
United Kingdom
How they're selected
01
Community nominations
The global testing community identifies the people who deserve consideration.
02
Community voting
Verified users vote from an approved shortlist. Votes are an important signal, not the final answer.
03
Editorial selection
Community support is weighed alongside impact, innovation, contribution, reach and continued relevance.
The next Luvo100
The next Luvo100 starts with you.
Community nominations for the 2027 Luvo100 open 9 September 2026. Create an account now and we'll let you know the moment nominations open.
- Nominations open
- 9 September 2026
- Nominations per person
- 3
- Voting opens
- 9 September 2026
- Votes per person
- 10
About Luvo100
Luvo100 is an independent annual recognition of the people whose work most influences how the world builds, tests and trusts software.
A place in the Luvo100 cannot be bought. Commercial relationships do not guarantee inclusion, and follower counts alone do not determine influence.
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