The Luvo 100
Australia & New Zealand
The Top 100 People Shaping Software Quality Across Australia & New Zealand
Meet the people behind the technology that works.
Luvo 100 — Australia & New Zealand, September 2026
Current ranking
9 September 2026
Next rankings
1 December 2026
Voting now open
Counting down to the next rankings
Community voting determines 50% of the next Luvo 100 rankings — your vote counts.
Australia & New Zealand rankings are published with the seasons: 1 December (Summer), 1 March (Autumn), 1 June (Winter) and 1 September (Spring).
The Top 10
See all 100 →- 1—
Michael CurranFounder and NVDA lead developer, NV Access, Australia
- 2—
Gerwin KleinChief Scientist, Proofcraft, Australia
- 3—
Gernot HeiserScientia Professor, UNSW Sydney, Australia
- 4↑ 8
Tsong Yueh ChenProfessor, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
- 5↓ 1
James TehSoftware Engineer; NVDA Co-founder, Canva, Australia
- 6↑ 13
Beth SkurrieConsultant, DiUS; Co-founder, PactFlow; Pact maintainer, DiUS / PactFlow, Australia
- 7NEW ENTRYSCSimon Cropp
Creator and Maintainer of Verify, Independent, Australia
- 8↓ 3
Brendan GreggPerformance engineer, OpenAI, Australia
- 9↑ 91
Katrina ClokieEngineering leadership coach and author, Independent, New Zealand
- 10↓ 4
Andrew TridgellOpen-source developer, rsync / ArduPilot / MAVProxy projects, Australia
Category leaders
Test Automation & Tooling
No. 6 Beth SkurrieConsultant, DiUS; Co-founder, PactFlow; Pact maintainer, DiUS / PactFlow
Testing Practice & Leadership
No. 9 Katrina ClokieEngineering leadership coach and author, Independent
How the rankings work
From the next ranking, each position is determined half by the community and half by the Luvo editorial assessment.
- 50% community — your ranked Top 10 ballots
- 50% Luvo editorial assessment — demonstrated contribution
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