diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubPushCause.java b/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubPushCause.java
index 75b7d3b4d..1c9d22654 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubPushCause.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubPushCause.java
@@ -8,8 +8,23 @@
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  */
 public class GitHubPushCause extends SCMTriggerCause {
+    /**
+     * The name of the user who pushed to GitHub.
+     */
+    private String pushedBy;
+
+    public GitHubPushCause(String pusher) {
+        this("", pusher);
+    }
+
+    public GitHubPushCause(String pollingLog, String pusher) {
+        super(pollingLog);
+        pushedBy = pusher;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getShortDescription() {
-        return "Started by GitHub push by ";
+        String pusher = pushedBy != null ? pushedBy : "";
+        return "Started by GitHub push by " + pusher;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubPushTrigger.java b/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubPushTrigger.java
index 813c8e117..ea4a0a5a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubPushTrigger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubPushTrigger.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.URIish;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.multiplescms.MultiSCM;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHException;
-import org.kohsuke.github.GHHook;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHRepository;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@
  *
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  */
-public class GitHubPushTrigger extends Trigger<AbstractProject> implements GitHubTrigger, Runnable {
+public class GitHubPushTrigger extends Trigger<AbstractProject<?,?>> implements GitHubTrigger {
     @DataBoundConstructor
     public GitHubPushTrigger() {
     }
@@ -58,8 +57,41 @@ public GitHubPushTrigger() {
     /**
      * Called when a POST is made.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public void onPost() {
-        getDescriptor().queue.execute(this);
+        onPost("");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Called when a POST is made.
+     */
+    public void onPost(String triggeredByUser) {
+        final String pushBy = triggeredByUser;
+        getDescriptor().queue.execute(new Runnable() {
+            public void run() {
+                try {
+                    StreamTaskListener listener = new StreamTaskListener(getLogFile());
+
+                    try {
+                        PrintStream logger = listener.getLogger();
+                        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                        logger.println("Started on "+ DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(new Date()));
+                        boolean result = job.poll(listener).hasChanges();
+                        logger.println("Done. Took "+ Util.getTimeSpanString(System.currentTimeMillis()-start));
+                        if(result) {
+                            logger.println("Changes found");
+                            job.scheduleBuild(new GitHubPushCause(pushBy));
+                        } else {
+                            logger.println("No changes");
+                        }
+                    } finally {
+                        listener.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE,"Failed to record SCM polling",e);
+                }
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     /**
@@ -69,30 +101,6 @@ public File getLogFile() {
         return new File(job.getRootDir(),"github-polling.log");
     }
 
-    public void run() {
-        try {
-            StreamTaskListener listener = new StreamTaskListener(getLogFile());
-
-            try {
-                PrintStream logger = listener.getLogger();
-                long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-                logger.println("Started on "+ DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(new Date()));
-                boolean result = job.poll(listener).hasChanges();
-                logger.println("Done. Took "+ Util.getTimeSpanString(System.currentTimeMillis()-start));
-                if(result) {
-                    logger.println("Changes found");
-                    job.scheduleBuild(new GitHubPushCause());
-                } else {
-                    logger.println("No changes");
-                }
-            } finally {
-                listener.close();
-            }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE,"Failed to record SCM polling",e);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Does this project read from a repository of the given user name and the
      * given repository name?
@@ -131,7 +139,7 @@ protected void addRepositories(Set<GitHubRepositoryName> r, SCM scm) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void start(AbstractProject project, boolean newInstance) {
+    public void start(AbstractProject<?,?> project, boolean newInstance) {
         super.start(project, newInstance);
         if (newInstance && getDescriptor().isManageHook()) {
             // make sure we have hooks installed. do this lazily to avoid blocking the UI thread.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubTrigger.java b/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubTrigger.java
index 75d037085..42d0a6802 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubTrigger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubTrigger.java
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 package com.cloudbees.jenkins;
 
-import hudson.model.AbstractProject;
-import hudson.triggers.Trigger;
-
 import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
@@ -12,6 +9,8 @@
  */
 public interface GitHubTrigger  {
 
+    @Deprecated
     public void onPost();
+    public void onPost(String triggeredByUser);
     public Set<GitHubRepositoryName> getGitHubRepositories();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubWebHook.java b/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubWebHook.java
index b5a340fa6..56bd04276 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubWebHook.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cloudbees/jenkins/GitHubWebHook.java
@@ -149,12 +149,13 @@ public void doIndex(StaplerRequest req) {
         processGitHubPayload(req.getParameter("payload"),GitHubPushTrigger.class);
     }
     
-    public void processGitHubPayload(String payload, Class<? extends Trigger> triggerClass) {
+    public void processGitHubPayload(String payload, Class<? extends Trigger<?>> triggerClass) {
         JSONObject o = JSONObject.fromObject(payload);
         JSONObject repository = o.getJSONObject("repository");
         String repoUrl = repository.getString("url"); // something like 'https://github.com/kohsuke/foo'
         String repoName = repository.getString("name"); // 'foo' portion of the above URL
         String ownerName = repository.getJSONObject("owner").getString("name"); // 'kohsuke' portion of the above URL
+        String pusherName = o.getJSONObject("pusher").getString("name");
 
         LOGGER.info("Received POST for "+repoUrl);
         LOGGER.fine("Full details of the POST was "+o.toString());
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ public void processGitHubPayload(String payload, Class<? extends Trigger> trigge
                         LOGGER.fine("Considering to poke "+job.getFullDisplayName());
                         if (trigger.getGitHubRepositories().contains(changedRepository)) {
                             LOGGER.info("Poked "+job.getFullDisplayName());
-                            trigger.onPost();
+                            trigger.onPost(pusherName);
                         } else
                             LOGGER.fine("Skipped "+job.getFullDisplayName()+" because it doesn't have a matching repository.");
                     }