The Luvo 100
Global
The Top 100 People Shaping Software Quality Worldwide
Meet the people behind the technology that works.
The Luvo100 2026
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 GrahamSoftware Testing Author, Speaker and Consultant (Mostly Retired), United Kingdom
- 7
Janet GregoryCo-founder and Agile Testing Author, Agile Testing Fellowship, Canada
- 8
Maaret PyhäjärviDirector, Consulting, CGI, Finland
- 9
Jason HugginsFounder, Tapster Robotics, United States
- 10
Simon StewartPrincipal Software Engineer; Creator of WebDriver, Block, 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
Testing Research & Education
No. 2 Cem KanerProfessor Emeritus of Software Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology
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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