The CCC Champions program celebrates individuals who have made outstanding contributions and had a positive impact on the CCC. On behalf of the entire CCC, the Board of Directors thanks our CCC Champions for their efforts to advance the development of global industry standards to the solutions for vehicle-to-smartphone connectivity.
2025 Champions
Laurence Bringer
Thales
Q1 2025
Laurence Bringer was nominated for her instrumental role in driving the CCC toward the completion of the WCC2 and WCC3 Certification Programs and for her ongoing leadership of the Certification Working Group.
SK Yong
Apple
Q1 2025
SK Yong was nominated for his exceptional work as Editor of the Digital Key v2 and v3 specifications, playing a pivotal role in shaping the CCC Digital Key specification into what it is today.
Stefan Simon
Mercedes-Benz
Q2 2025
Stefan Simon was nominated for his exceptional leadership as Chair of the Digital Key Task Group (DKTG) and for successfully guiding the delivery of the Digital Key Specification Version 4.0 and its associated errata.
Sidharth Thakur
Apple
Q2 2025
Sidharth Thakur was nominated for his exceptional expertise in the Digital Key specification and his outstanding contributions to the CCC community.
2024 Champions
Matthias Lerch
Apple
Q1 2024
Matthias Lerch was nominated for his outstanding contributions in the Digital Key Task Group, most notably his significant impact on the CCC Digital Key™ Specification Release 2 and Release 3.
Benjamin Pulic
BMW
Q1 2024
Benjamin Pulic was nominated for his contributions to the CCC Digital Key™ End-to-End IOP Test Suite and his leadership as the IOP Test Suite Evolution Tiger Team Chair.
Dong Nguyen
CARIAD SE
Q2 2024
Dong Nguyen was nominated for his dedication to improving the quality of CWG, FunCTG, and SecCTG documents with his meticulous reviews and always contributing valuable and constructive comments.
Oliver Klinger
BMW
Q3 2024
Oliver Klinger was nominated for driving the creation of the CCC security incident management process and his help in creating the Security Incident Management Committee.
Marco Steger
Huf
Q3 2024
Marco Steger was nominated for driving the creation of the CCC security incident management process and his help in creating the Security Incident Management Committee.
