The Luvo 100
Global
The Top 100 People Shaping Software Quality Worldwide
Meet the people behind the technology that works.
The inaugural rankings are here
Current ranking
9 September 2026
Next rankings
9 September 2027
Voting now open
Counting down to the next rankings
Community voting determines 50% of the next Luvo 100 rankings — your vote counts.
The Global ranking is published once a year, on 9 September.
The Top 10
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James BachFounder and Principal Consultant, Satisfice, United States
- 2
Cem KanerProfessor Emeritus of Software Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, United States
- 3
Lisa CrispinIndependent Consultant and Author, United States
- 4
Michael BoltonLead Consultant, DevelopSense, Canada
- 5
Angie JonesVP of Developer Experience, Agentic AI Foundation, United States
- 6
Dorothy GrahamIndependent Software Testing Consultant and Author, United Kingdom
- 7
Janet GregoryAgile Testing Coach and Co-founder, Agile Testing Fellowship, Canada
- 8
Maaret PyhäjärviDirector of Testing Services, CGI, Finland
- 9
Jason HugginsFounder, Tapster Robotics, United States
- 10
Simon StewartCreator of WebDriver and Software Engineer, United Kingdom
Featured people
No. 1
James Bach
Founder and Principal Consultant, Satisfice
Co-creator of Rapid Software Testing and a leading advocate of skilled exploratory testing.
No. 5
Angie Jones
VP of Developer Experience, Agentic AI Foundation
An internationally recognised automation educator who has broadened access to modern testing practice.
No. 9
Jason Huggins
Founder, Tapster Robotics
Creator of Selenium, the project that transformed browser automation and became a global testing standard.
Category leaders
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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