Jenkins 2026 Community Award Winners

cdCon 2026 just wrapped up in Minneapolis and this included announcing the winners of the Continuous Delivery Foundation and Jenkins Community Awards. The CD Foundation provides awards for the Top CDF ambassador, contributor, documenter, and end user. Anyone that is part of the CD Foundation can be nominated for these. Additionally, as a graduated project, Jenkins has three of its own awards:

Thanks to the voters and to everyone who nominated candidates. We extend special thanks to all the nominees for their work in Jenkins. The project thrives because of its community, and the award recipients are outstanding examples of that spirit.

The 2026 Jenkins award winners are:

Security MVP: Kevin Guerroudj

Kevin has served on the Jenkins Security Team for many years. He helps manage the Jenkins Bug Bounty Program and has collaborated with fellow Security Team members to coordinate several Jenkins security releases.

Most Valuable Contributor: Daniel Krämer

Daniel is a member of the Jenkins Board and has been the major driving force behind the transition from JUnit 4 to JUnit Jupiter in the Jenkins ecosystem. Modernizing the testing stack across a project as large and long-lived as Jenkins is not a small task, but Daniel has been steadily moving this effort forward.

He provided the technical groundwork for the initial implementation of JUnit Jupiter in Jenkins. He has opened hundreds of pull requests to Jenkins core components and Jenkins plugins to complete the migration in those components. 150 of the top 250 most popular, actively maintained plugins have completed the transition to JUnit Jupiter. 35 of the top 250 plugins have open pull requests for their transition to JUnit Jupiter. Daniel’s work improves the reliability, maintainability, and future readiness of the Jenkins testing ecosystem.

Most Valuable Advocate: Bruno Verachten

Bruno has shown consistent dedication to the Jenkins community in 2025. His leadership in the Platform SIG has provided better support for ARM and RISC-V architectures.

For years, Bruno has been the driving force behind the Jenkins table at FOSDEM. From organizing the booth and preparing materials to coordinating volunteers, he consistently ensures that Jenkins is visible and represented at one of Europe’s largest open source gatherings. Bruno is always ready to listen to Jenkins users and bring their insights to the project.