69Testing Practice & Leadership
Vernon Richards
Senior Engineering Manager (QA); Quality Coach, Abode of Quality
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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57Test Automation & Tooling
Ole Lensmar
Creator of SoapUI; Founder and CTO, Testkube
Sweden
58Test Automation & Tooling
John Ferguson Smart
Founder, Serenity Dojo
United Kingdom
82Test Automation & Tooling
Jim Evans
Creator & Maintainer of WebDriverBiDi.NET; Selenium Core Contributor, WebDriverBiDi.NET
United States
74Community & Advocacy
Rosie Sherry
Founder, Ministry of Testing
United Kingdom
77Testing Research & Education
Mark Winteringham
Product Quality Engineer, John Lewis Partnership
United Kingdom
25Testing Practice & Leadership
Karen N. Johnson
Independent Software Test Consultant
United States
11Quality Engineering & Delivery
Martin Fowler
Chief Scientist, Thoughtworks
United States
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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