Nikola Petrov led the development for SPEC’s new Siemens NX APC benchmark, SPECapc for SNX 2024. He demonstrated drive and leadership throughout the project, managing the design work, most of the testing and bug fixes, and addressing committee inquiries. As this was a ground-up development, Nikola had no previous benchmark to base his work on, so he adapted available models to create a good APC benchmark. His effort was particularly impressive given that this was his first project with SPEC, so he had to quickly learn the committee’s processes and standards while driving the benchmark development to completion.