As SPECwpc Chair since 2023, Chandra Sakthivel successfully guided the seven-year SPECworkstation 4.0 benchmark effort to its official release in December 2024. Despite the longest development cycle in GWPG history, he maintained member motivation and secured additional expertise from Intel to complete the benchmark. During this time, Chandra coordinated seven alpha, seven beta and four release candidates, navigating a complex development process with numerous release issues and blockers. He also proposed adding the AI/ML vertical, significantly benefiting data scientists and software developers. Chandra’s leadership was instrumental in defining and scoping key features and functionality, prioritizing and tracking critical milestones, ensuring code quality and performance, and managing development and release timelines.