The Top 100 People Shaping Software Quality Across Australia & New Zealand

Founder and NVDA lead developer, NV Access

Brisbane · Australia · Accessibility engineering

Chief Scientist, Proofcraft

Sydney · Australia · Verified systems

Scientia Professor, UNSW Sydney

Sydney · Australia · Verified systems

Accessibility technical lead, Mozilla

Brisbane · Australia · Accessibility engineering

Performance engineer, OpenAI

Sydney · Australia · Observability & performance

Open-source developer, rsync / ArduPilot / MAVProxy projects

Canberra · Australia · Open-source engineering

OpenSSH developer, OpenSSH project

Melbourne · Australia · Secure software & protocols

President; OpenSSL contributor, OpenSSL Corporation

Brisbane · Australia · Secure software & cryptography

Bouncy Castle co-founder; VP Software Engineering, Crypto Workshop

Melbourne · Australia · Secure software & cryptography

PostgreSQL developer and committer, Microsoft

Wellington · New Zealand · Reliability & Performance

Technical Advisor and Co-Founder, Develocity

Melbourne · Australia · Platform & delivery

Professor, Swinburne University of Technology

Melbourne · Australia · Testing research

Vice President, Software Assurance, Oracle

Brisbane · Australia · Software security analysis

Creator and maintainer, MicroPython

Melbourne · Australia · Embedded software & developer tools

Cryptlib creator and developer, Digital Data Security

Auckland · New Zealand · Secure software & cryptography

Cryptographer; Adjunct Professor, Thinking Cybersecurity; UNSW Sydney

Melbourne · Australia · Software security & verification

CEO, Proofcraft; CEO and Treasurer, seL4 Foundation, Proofcraft; seL4 Foundation

Sydney · Australia · Verified systems

PostgreSQL developer and committer, Microsoft

Christchurch · New Zealand · Reliability & Performance

Pact maintainer; Pact Broker creator, Pact / PactFlow

Melbourne · Australia · Testing tools & contracts

Founding Engineer, Amutable

Sydney · Australia · Container security & reliability

Senior Lecturer; ARC DECRA Fellow, University of Melbourne

Melbourne · Australia · Automated security testing

Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney

Sydney · Australia · Verified systems

Associate Professor in Software Engineering, Monash University

Melbourne · Australia · AI-assisted quality engineering

Professor; MiniZinc researcher, Monash University

Melbourne · Australia · Verified systems & developer tools

Independent programmer, Independent

Not publicly confirmed · Australia · Software supply-chain security

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Have I Been Pwned

Gold Coast · Australia · Application security

Founder, Buildkite

Melbourne · Australia · Platform & delivery

Research Scientist; Professor of Computer Science, Google DeepMind; Australian National University

Sydney · Australia · Runtime performance & engineering infrastructure

Technical Fellow, Honeycomb

Sydney / Vancouver · Australia / Canada · Observability & reliability

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Octopus Deploy

Brisbane · Australia · Platform & delivery

SSLeay author — foundational contribution, SSLeay project

Brisbane · Australia · Secure software & cryptography

Software engineer, Remix, Shopify

Melbourne · Australia · Developer experience & maintainability

Group Leader; Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO

Sydney · Australia · AI assurance

Research Director, CSIRO

Sydney · Australia · AI assurance

Head of Engineering Excellence and Reliability, Macquarie Group

Sydney · Australia · Reliability & Performance

Associate Professor, Australian National University

Canberra · Australia · Verified systems

Engineering manager and software engineer, Canonical

Christchurch · New Zealand · Programming languages & developer tools

Researcher; Soufflé creator, Sonic Research / University of Sydney

Sydney · Australia · Software security analysis

Founder and CEO; Adjunct Associate Professor, NeoHive / Logilica; UNSW Sydney

Sydney · Australia · Software security analysis

BeeWare founder; Python core developer, BeeWare

Perth · Australia · Cross-platform software engineering

Kaihuawaere Matihiko; He Māwhitiwhiti Matihiko ki te kākahu o Hine-Raraunga, Catalyst IT / Te Kāhui Raraunga

Wellington · New Zealand · Open-source engineering

Open Source Insights team member, Google

Sydney · Australia · Software supply-chain security

Group Chief Technology Officer, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Sydney · Australia · Platform & delivery

Professor in Theoretical Computing Science, University of Melbourne

Melbourne · Australia · Proof automation & formal verification

Professor, University of Melbourne

Melbourne · Australia · Verified systems

Software engineer, Atlassian

Not publicly confirmed · Australia · Developer experience & accessibility

Pact maintainer; PactFlow co-founder, SmartBear

Melbourne · Australia · Testing tools & contracts

Linux PowerPC maintainer; software engineer, Tenstorrent

Canberra · Australia · Operating-system reliability

Software engineering consultant; MAVSDK maintainer, Independent

Auckland · New Zealand · Reliable embedded software

Professor, Monash University

Melbourne · Australia · AI-assisted quality engineering

Professor; Deputy Dean (Research), University of Melbourne

Melbourne · Australia · AI security & privacy

Professor; MiniZinc developer, Monash University

Melbourne · Australia · Verified systems & developer tools

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Victoria University of Wellington

Wellington · New Zealand · Software supply-chain security

Associate Professor, University of Melbourne

Melbourne · Australia · Code review & quality research

Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Buildkite

Wandiligong, Victoria · Australia · Platform & delivery

Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering, University of Melbourne

Melbourne · Australia · Formal verification & software correctness

Principal Digital Accessibility Consultant, Intopia

Not publicly confirmed · Australia · Accessibility standards

Professor, University of Melbourne

Melbourne · Australia · AI security & privacy

Chief Engineer, Proofcraft

Not publicly confirmed · Australia · Verified systems

Founder; open-source systems engineer, Code Construct

Perth · Australia · Firmware reliability & developer tooling

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AccessibilityOz

Not publicly confirmed · Australia · Accessibility engineering

Adjunct Professor; Whiley creator, Victoria University of Wellington / Whiley

Wellington · New Zealand · Verified systems

Professor; MiniZinc researcher, Monash University

Melbourne · Australia · Verified systems & developer tools

Professor of Software Engineering, Monash University

Melbourne · Australia · Software engineering & quality

Principal Accessibility Specialist, Department of Customer Service NSW / Service NSW

Not publicly confirmed · Australia · Software engineering & quality

Research Director, Oracle Labs

Brisbane · Australia · Software security analysis

Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Data61

Melbourne · Australia · Secure development & AI assurance

Chair, IT-043 Artificial Intelligence Committee, Standards Australia

Not publicly confirmed · Australia · AI assurance & standards

Global Quality Engineering Practice Director, Planit

Melbourne · Australia · Software standards

Professor, Victoria University of Wellington

Wellington · New Zealand · AI assurance & verification

Responsible-AI researcher, CSIRO

Sydney · Australia · Requirements & AI assurance

Research Fellow, University of Melbourne

Melbourne · Australia · Static-analysis tooling & verification

Associate Professor; ARC Future Fellow, University of Melbourne

Melbourne · Australia · Software security & privacy engineering

Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Ask Astro

Kāpiti / Wellington region · New Zealand · Open-source engineering

Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Centre for Accessibility Australia

Perth · Australia · Accessibility research & standards

Professor of Computer Science, Australian National University

Canberra · Australia · Runtime reliability & memory management

Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Data61

Sydney · Australia · AI assurance

Co-founder and Director, Intopia

Greater Melbourne · Australia · Accessibility engineering

Associate Professor, University of Auckland

Auckland · New Zealand · Formal methods & repair

Professor of Cybersecurity, Monash University

Melbourne · Australia · Secure software & vulnerability detection

Professor of Software Engineering, Adelaide University

Adelaide · Australia · Secure software engineering & AI supply chains

TIET-UQ Chair of Data Science; Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Queensland

Brisbane · Australia · AI assurance

Professor of Software Engineering, Monash University

Melbourne · Australia · Engineering practices & AI assurance

Lecturer in Software Engineering, University of Melbourne

Melbourne · Australia · AI-assisted vulnerability detection

Rōpū kohinga Technical Lead, Catalyst IT

Wellington · New Zealand · Open-source release engineering & quality

Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland

Auckland · New Zealand · Software engineering & quality

Professor of Computer Science, University of Auckland

Auckland · New Zealand · Machine-learning reliability & concept drift

Associate Professor, Australian National University

Canberra · Australia · Verified systems

Associate Professor, University of Auckland

Auckland · New Zealand · Engineering practices & research

Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington

Wellington · New Zealand · Language tooling & software maintainability

Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering, University of Melbourne

Melbourne · Australia · Secure development & quality engineering

Digital Accessibility Consultant, Self-employed

Not publicly confirmed · New Zealand · Software engineering & quality

Professor, Monash University

Melbourne · Australia · Search-based software engineering

Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering, University of Melbourne

Melbourne · Australia · Static analysis & memory safety

Quality engineering coach and author, Independent

Sydney · Australia · Whole-team quality leadership

Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University

Melbourne · Australia · Requirements & AI assurance

Professor of Computer Science, University of Auckland

Auckland · New Zealand · Formal model repair & software engineering research

Technologist and engineering leader, Current employer not publicly confirmed

Brisbane · Australia · Test automation & engineering practices

Founder, PentesterLab

Melbourne · Australia · Secure software education

Engineering leadership coach and author, Independent

Wellington · New Zealand · Quality engineering & delivery practices