Pioneers
James Bach
Founder and Principal Consultant, Satisfice
United States
Luvo100 / 2026 — Published
The Founding Luvo100
The inaugural Luvo100, editorially selected by Luvo100.
100 people
Pioneers
Cem Kaner
Professor Emeritus of Software Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology
United States
Educators
Lisa Crispin
Independent Consultant and Author
United States
Pioneers
Michael Bolton
Lead Consultant, DevelopSense
Canada
Leaders
Angie Jones
Global Vice President of Developer Relations, Tessl
United States
Pioneers
Dorothy Graham
Independent Software Testing Consultant and Author
United Kingdom
Educators
Janet Gregory
Agile Testing Coach and Co-founder, Agile Testing Fellowship
Canada
Pioneers
Maaret Pyhäjärvi
Principal Test Engineer, Vaisala
Finland
Builders
Jason Huggins
Founder, Tapster Robotics
United States
Builders
Simon Stewart
Creator of WebDriver and Software Engineer
United Kingdom
Visionaries
Martin Fowler
Chief Scientist, Thoughtworks
United States
Pioneers
Kent Beck
Software Developer and Author
United States
Research
Nicole Forsgren
Partner, Microsoft Research
United States
Visionaries
Jez Humble
Author and Technology Adviser
United States
Educators
Dave Farley
Founder and Director, Continuous Delivery Ltd
United Kingdom
Leaders
Elisabeth Hendrickson
Founder, Curious Duck Digital Laboratory
United States
Innovators
Gojko Adzic
Partner, Neuri Consulting
United Kingdom
Leaders
Alan Page
Vice President of Engineering Services, Unity
United States
Leaders
Anne-Marie Charrett
Founder, Quality Coach Book
Australia
Community
Richard Bradshaw
Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Testing
United Kingdom
Educators
Bas Dijkstra
Test Automation Consultant and Trainer, On Test Automation
Netherlands
Educators
Robert Sabourin
President, AmiBug.com
Canada
Leaders
Rex Black
President, RBCS
United States
Leaders
Fiona Charles
Independent Consultant
Canada
Leaders
Karen N. Johnson
Independent Software Test Consultant
United States
Leaders
Katrina Clokie
Engineering Leader and Author
New Zealand
Innovators
Trish Khoo
Engineering Leader and Speaker
Australia
Educators
Huib Schoots
Quality Coach and Consultant
Netherlands
Pioneers
Rikard Edgren
Test Expert, Nordic Medtest
Sweden
Pioneers
James Lyndsay
Independent Test Consultant, Workroom Productions
United Kingdom
Pioneers
Dan North
Technology Executive and Originator of BDD
United Kingdom
Visionaries
Michael Feathers
Founder and Director, R7K Research & Conveyance
United States
Pioneers
Gerard Meszaros
Independent Consultant and Author
Canada
Pioneers
Brian Marick
Independent Software Consultant
United States
Visionaries
Mary Poppendieck
Author and Consultant, Poppendieck LLC
United States
Educators
Linda Rising
Independent Consultant and Author
United States
Leaders
Johanna Rothman
Management Consultant and Author, Rothman Consulting Group
United States
Visionaries
Gene Kim
Founder and Author, IT Revolution
United States
Innovators
Charity Majors
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Honeycomb
United States
Innovators
Cindy Sridharan
Distributed Systems Engineer and Author
United States
Leaders
Troy Hunt
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Have I Been Pwned
Australia
Educators
Tanya Janca
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, We Hack Purple
Canada
Builders
Simon Bennetts
Founder, Software Security Project
United Kingdom
Leaders
Marcy Sutton
Independent Accessibility Consultant
United States
Leaders
Léonie Watson
Director, TetraLogical
United Kingdom
Educators
Adrian Roselli
Accessibility Consultant, Adrian Roselli LLC
United States
Leaders
Glenda Sims
Chief Information Accessibility Officer, Deque Systems
United States
Pioneers
Scott Barber
Founder and Chief Technologist, PerfTestPlus
United States
Educators
Mark Tomlinson
Performance Engineering Consultant, Performacology
United States
Pioneers
Alexander Podelko
Performance Engineer and Author
United States
Leaders
Eran Kinsbruner
Global Head of Product Marketing, Lambdatest
United States
Innovators
Tariq King
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Selftest.ai
United States
Innovators
Jason Arbon
Chief Executive Officer, test.ai
United States
Builders
Gil Sever
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Applitools
Israel
Builders
Moshe Milman
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Applitools
Israel
Builders
Jonathan Lipps
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cloud Grey
Canada
Builders
Ole Lensmar
Founder, Testcase Ltd
Sweden
Educators
John Ferguson Smart
Founder, Serenity Dojo
Australia
Builders
Kent C. Dodds
Software Engineer and Educator
United States
Builders
Andrey Lushnikov
Principal Software Engineer, Microsoft
United States
Educators
Debbie O'Brien
Principal Technical Product Manager, Microsoft
Spain
Builders
Artem Zakharchenko
Founder, Epic Web Dev
Czech Republic
Educators
Nikolay Advolodkin
Founder, Ultimate QA
United States
Community
Joe Colantonio
Founder, TestGuild
United States
Leaders
Marie Drake
Quality Engineering Manager, Zoopla
United Kingdom
Community
Beth Marshall
Senior Quality Engineer
United Kingdom
Leaders
Nicola Lindgren
Quality Engineering Manager, Defra
United Kingdom
Leaders
Lena Wiberg
Quality Engineering Manager, Mentimeter
Sweden
Leaders
Vernon Richards
Quality Coach and Consultant
United Kingdom
Leaders
Ash Coleman
Head of Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging, Credit Karma
United States
Community
Parveen Khan
Senior Quality Analyst, Progressive Content
United Kingdom
Community
Ajay Balamurugadas
Senior Director of QE, GSPANN
India
Community
Michael Larsen
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, Socialtext
United States
Community
Rosie Sherry
Founder, Ministry of Testing
United Kingdom
Community
Heather Reid
Founder and Principal Consultant, Reid Quality Coaching
United Kingdom
Leaders
Simon Prior
Head of Quality Engineering, EasyJet
United Kingdom
Educators
Mark Winteringham
Quality Engineering Manager, John Lewis Partnership
United Kingdom
Pioneers
Paul Gerrard
Principal, Gerrard Consulting
United Kingdom
Leaders
Stuart Reid
Chief Technology Officer, STA Consulting
United Kingdom
Builders
Adam Goucher
Principal Consultant, Element 34
Canada
Builders
David Burns
Head of Open Source, BrowserStack
United Kingdom
Builders
Jim Evans
Principal Member of Technical Staff, Salesforce
United States
Community
Diego Molina
Staff Developer Advocate, BrowserStack
Germany
Builders
Boni García
Associate Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Spain
Builders
Shinya Kasatani
Software Engineer
Japan
Builders
Aslak Hellesøy
Co-founder, Cucumber Ltd
United Kingdom
Pioneers
Bret Pettichord
Independent Software Consultant
United States
Builders
Paul Hammant
Independent Software Architect
United States
Research
Gregg Rothermel
Professor and Chair of Computer Science, North Carolina State University
United States
Research
Lionel Briand
Professor and Director, University of Ottawa
Canada
Research
Darko Marinov
Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
United States
Research
Andrea Arcuri
Professor, Kristiania University of Applied Sciences
Norway
Research
Gordon Fraser
Professor of Software Engineering, University of Passau
Germany
Research
Michael D. Ernst
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington
United States
Research
Arie van Deursen
Professor of Software Engineering, Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
Research
Antonia Bertolino
Research Director, National Research Council of Italy
Italy
Innovators
Marinos Kintis
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Software Improvement Group
Greece
Innovators
Peter Schrammel
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Diffblue
United Kingdom
Innovators
Will Wilson
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Antithesis
United States
Educators
Emily Bache
Independent Technical Coach, Bache Consulting
Sweden