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Awards & recognition

Our working group and committee members make Bluetooth technology the best it can be

Working groups have been the driving force behind Bluetooth® technology, delivering innovations that help make the Internet of Things (IoT) a reality.

Every year, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) celebrates the hard work and commitment of working groups, committee members, and contributors who have been recognized by their peers as making a difference in advancing Bluetooth technology. Thank you to the winners, and to all of our working group and committee members, for their dedication and contribution this year.

Outstanding contributor award

Hai Shalom

Apple Inc.
Hearing Aid Working Group

Hai Shalom is a professional in wireless connectivity systems and standards with 25 years of experience. He develops secure and privacy-conscious systems that enhance wired and wireless connectivity. His recent roles include senior Bluetooth standards architect at Apple, Android standards lead at Google, and principal engineer/manager at Qualcomm. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Master of Science in Computer Science.

Finalists

Harish Balasubramaniam
Intel Corporation
Core Specification Working Group

Hannu Mallat
Silicon Laboratories
Core Specification Working Group

Ricardo Kehrle Miranda
Samsung Cambridge Solution Centre
Mesh Working Group

Menzo Wentink
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Core Specification Working Group

Piotr Winiarczyk
Silvair, Inc.
Mesh Working Group

Junsen Wu
MediaTek Inc.
Core Specification Working Group

Outstanding leadership award

Joel Linsky

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Core Specification Working Group

Joel Linsky is a vice president of engineering at Qualcomm where he leads the Bluetooth, UWB, and 15.4 team. He has been a key contributor to Bluetooth technology for over 25 years, where he has focused on core technology benefiting all product types and use cases.

Toby Nixon

Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
Core Specification Working Group

Toby Nixon is a principal technical project manager at the Bluetooth SIG and chairs the Core Specification Working Group. A 30-year Microsoft veteran who has been involved in the development of technical standards for over 40 years in many organizations, he served on the Bluetooth SIG Board of Directors for 12 years and as chair for eight years before joining the SIG staff.

Finalists

Michael deVenecia
Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
Audio Working Groups (ATA, GA and HA)

Andrew Estrada
Sony Group Corporation
Audio Working Groups (ATA, GA and HA)

Leonard (Len) Ott
Socket Mobile, Inc.
Mesh Working Group

Szymon Slupik
Silvair Inc.
Mesh Working Group

Rachel Theriot
Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
Alignment and Process Improvement Committee

Working group contributor award

Harish Balasubramaniam

Intel Corporation
Core Specification Working Group

Harish Balasubramaniam is a senior wireless standards architect at Intel Corporation with expertise in Bluetooth and connectivity standards. He has served as a vice-chair in the Core Specification Working Group and has been leading the Higher Bands project since November 2022.

Finalists

Pontus Arvidson
Ericsson AB
Core Specification Working Group

Helmut Eder
Cochlear Limited
Mesh Working Group

Oren Haggai
Apple Inc.
Core Specification Working Group

Karoly Kovacs
Silicon Laboratories
Hearing Aid Working Group

Omkar Kulkarni
Nordic Semiconductor ASA
Electronic Shelf Label Working Group

Outstanding IOP contributor appreciation award

Expleo Germany GmbH

Audio, Telephony, and Automotive Working Group

Atef Kort from Expleo Germany GmbH is recognized for outstanding contributions to the validation of the Call Forwarding Feature and Call Duration Information specifications, having contributed more than 50 percent of the results entered.

Infineon Technologies AG

Automation Working Group

Victor Zhodzishsky from Infineon Technologies AG is recognized for his outstanding contributions towards the validation of the Industrial Measurement Devices Profile and Service Specifications.

Nordic Semiconductor ASA

Core Specification Working Group

The team from Nordic Semiconductor ASA — Adam Cavender, Timothy Keys, Aleksandar Stanoev — is recognized for outstanding contributions to the validation of the Core Specification 6.2 enhancements, having contributed more than 35 percent of the results entered.

Google LLC

Direction Finding Working Group

The team from Google LLC— Ash Chen, Chienyuan Huang, Benson Li — is recognized for outstanding contributions to the validation of the Ranging Profile and Service specifications, having contributed more than 36 percent of the results entered.

NXP B.V.

Generic Audio Working Group

Didier Lauwerys, from the LE Audio Team at NXP Semiconductors, is recognized for his outstanding contributions to the validation of the Coordinated Set Name 1.1 specifications. Didier is a passionate and enthusiastic software systems developer, working at NXP Semiconductors for the past 5 years. Outside of developing Bluetooth® products, he spends his time playing the piano and biking.

Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

Human Interface Device Working Group

The team from Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd — Qihang Mou, Jan Slupski, Sihui Wang — is recognized for outstanding contributions to the validation of the HID ISO specification, having contributed more than 50 percent of the results entered.

Special recognition for Receiver Blocking Resilience testing support

Steve Jones
Samsung Cambridge Solution Centre

Magnus Sommansson
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Kenton Payne
Rohde & Schwarz

Niclas Granqvist
Logitech

Special recognition for Bluetooth® Qualification Process improvements & execution

Alicia Courtney
Broadcom Corporation

Shirin Ebrahimi-Taghizadeh PhD
Microsoft Corporation

Lewis Chan
Bluetooth SIG, Inc.

Sung Pak
Bluetooth SIG, Inc.

Mohana Lakshmipathy
Bluetooth SIG, Inc.

Svitlana Dyerabina
Bluetooth SIG, Inc.

Bluetooth SIG appreciation – Recognition of IOP participation

Channel sounding amplitude-based attack resilience
(Core Specification enhancement)

Yunkai Qian
Broadcom Corporation

Brevalan Ung
NXP B.V.

Mathias Baert
NXP B.V.

Da Young Yun
NXP B.V.

Abdul Mujeeb
Synaptics Incorporated

Nagur Basha Shaik
Synaptics Incorporated

LE test mode enhancements (Core Specification enhancement)

Fabien Duvoux Ellisys	Antoine Blancy Ellisys	Clement Vacheron Ellisys	Kyle Penri-Williams Ellisys	Hagen Hentschel Ellisys	Joseph Robert LTIMINDTREE LIMITED
Brevalan Ung NXP B.V.	Mathias Baert NXP B.V.	Da Young Yun NXP B.V.	Vivien Leng RivieraWaves	Dimitrios Adamidis RivieraWaves

Shorter connection intervals (Core Specification enhancement)

Tianxu Wu Bestechnic (Shanghai) Co., Ltd	Fabien Duvoux Ellisys	Antoine Blancy Ellisys	Clement Vacheron Ellisys	Kyle Penri-Williams Ellisys	Hagen Hentschel Ellisys
Vlad Tsigan Intel Corporation	Philippe Chazot Logitech	Joseph Robert LTIMINDTREE LIMITED	Adam Cavender Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Aleksandar Stanoev Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Timothy Keys Nordic Semiconductor ASA
Jie Zeng Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Kai Jia Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd	Qiuwei Chen Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd	Lijing Liang Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

Call duration information (Hands-Free Profile enhancement)

Atef Kort
Expleo Germany GmbH

Shawn Saenger
OpenSynergy GmbH

Call forwarding feature (Hands-Free Profile enhancement)

Atef Kort
Expleo Germany GmbH

Badrinarayanan K
LTIMINDTREE LIMITED

Nidhi Sakaleshpur Venkatesh
LTIMINDTREE LIMITED

Anil Vutukuru
LTIMINDTREE LIMITED

Shawn Saenger
OpenSynergy GmbH

Cookware profile and service

Victor Zhodzishsky
Infineon Technologies AG

Eduardo Velez Pellicer
Robert Bosch GmbH

Coordinated Set Name 1.1

Lukasz Rymanowski
Codecoup sp. z o.o.

Badrinarayanan K
LTIMINDTREE LIMITED

Nidhi Sakaleshpur Venkatesh
LTIMINDTREE LIMITED

Anil Vutukuru
LTIMINDTREE LIMITED

Qihang Mou
Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

Human Interface Device ISO

Takashi Tomita
Infineon Technologies AG

Jan Slupski
Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

Qihang Mou
Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

Sihui Wang
Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

Ranging profile and service

Benson Li Google LLC	Chienyuan Huang Google LLC	Ash Chen Google LLC	Yogesh Ulhas Kamat Mhamai Infineon Technologies AG	Andreea Dumitrache NXP B.V.	Silviu Petria NXP B.V.
Adrian-Constantin Dudau NXP B.V.	Shitiz Kumar Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Sushil Deka Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Qinghua Fan Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd	Jan Slupski Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

Past winners

Recipient Name	Member Company	Category	Group
Jeff Solum	Starkey Hearing Technologies	Leadership Award	Hearing Aid Working Group
Chris White	Dolby Laboratories, Inc.	Innovator of the Year Award	Audio, Telephony, and Automotive Working Group
Asbjørn Sæbø	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Outstanding Technical Contributor Award	Hearing Aid Working Group
Vlad Tsigan Chethan Tumkur Narayan Luiz Von Dentz	Intel Corporation	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Audio, Telephony, and Automotive Working Group
Victor Zhodzishsky	Infineon Technologies AG	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Automation Working Group
Shawn Ding Irene Fan Shanshan Jiang Sean Lin Yunkai Qian Balakumar Ramalingam Wen-Hsin Wang Lewis Weng	Broadcom Corporation	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Core Specification Working Group
Benson Li Jack He Rongxuan Liu	Google LLC	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Hearing Aid Working Group

Special Recognition Awards

Recipient Name	Member Company	Category
Leif-Alexandre Aschehoug	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Special Recognition for Outstanding Leadership in BARB
Alicia Courtney	Broadcom Corporation	Special Recognition for Outstanding Contribution to the Qualification Process Improvements and QPRD
Fabien Duvoux	Ellisys	Special Recognition for Channel Sounding Remote IOP Testing
Kyle Penri-Williams	Ellisys	Special Recognition for Channel Sounding Remote IOP Testing
Clement Vacheron	Ellisys	Special Recognition for Channel Sounding Remote IOP Testing
Tim Newton	RF Creations	Special Recognition for Channel Sounding Remote IOP Testing
Peter Ford	RF Creations	Special Recognition for Channel Sounding Remote IOP Testing
Qi Jiang	Google LLC	Special Recognition for Channel Sounding IOP Support
Shawn Ding	Broadcom Corporation	Special Recognition for Channel Sounding IOP Support
Angel Polo	Broadcom Corporation	Special Recognition for Channel Sounding IOP Support

Bluetooth SIG appreciation – Recognition of IOP Participation

Name	Member Company	Specification
Yann Ly-Gagnon	Apple Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Roman Chernobelsky	Apple Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
David Levy	Apple Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Ido Gross	Apple Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Tomer Hershkovitz	Apple Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Balakumar Ramalingam	Broadcom Corporation	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Irene Fan	Broadcom Corporation	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Lewis Weng	Broadcom Corporation	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Sean Lin	Broadcom Corporation	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Shanshan Jiang	Broadcom Corporation	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Shawn Ding	Broadcom Corporation	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Wen-Hsin Wang	Broadcom Corporation	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Yunkai Qian	Broadcom Corporation	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Fabien DUVOUX	Ellisys	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Kyle Penri-Williams	Ellisys	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Clement Vacheron	Ellisys	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Qi Jiang	Google LLC	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Joe Chang	Litepoint	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Qiang Fu	Litepoint	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Tushar Patel	Litepoint	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Alexandre Dauphinais	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Ivan Iushkov	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Erik Semb Omre	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Thomas Johansen	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Erik Sandgren	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Ryan Chu	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Pascal Bernard	NXP B.V.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
James Zhang	NXP B.V.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Endy Qin	NXP B.V.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Mihai-Ionut Stanciu	NXP B.V.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Luc Revardel	NXP B.V.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Wenbo Qi	NXP B.V.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Olivier Jean	NXP B.V.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Santiago Garcia	NXP B.V.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
John Vandermeer	NXP B.V.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Khurram Waheed	NXP B.V.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Jerome Brillant	NXP B.V.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Hassan Elmadi	Packetcraft, Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Ram Mohan Korukonda	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Mayank Batra	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Rachelle Chen	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Chris Holbrow	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Mohit Maheshwari	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Naveen Kumar Reddy Kanakanti	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Tim Newton	RF Creations	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Peter Ford	RF Creations	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Kenton Payne	Rohde & Schwarz Services Ltd	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Trine Jensen	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Sune Timm Simonsen	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Allan Madsen	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Lauri Hintsala	Silicon Laboratories	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Wesam Koraim	Silicon Laboratories	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Karim Mokhtar	Synopsys, Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Ahmed Ismail	Synopsys, Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Priyanka Gupta	Teledyne Lecroy, Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Rishu Kumar	Teledyne Lecroy, Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Varun Gopalan	Teledyne Lecroy, Inc.	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Yuexin Liu	Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Sihui Wang	Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Fan Qinghua	Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Jan Slupski	Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd	Core Specification 6.0 Enhancements – Channel Sounding
Shanshan Jiang	Broadcom Corporation	Decision Based Advertising Filtering
Shawn Ding	Broadcom Corporation	Decision Based Advertising Filtering
Fabien DUVOUX	Ellisys	Decision Based Advertising Filtering
Kyle Penri-Williams	Ellisys	Decision Based Advertising Filtering
Clement Vacheron	Ellisys	Decision Based Advertising Filtering
Joseph Robert	LTIMINDTREE LIMITED	Decision Based Advertising Filtering
Wenbo Qi	NXP B.V.	Decision Based Advertising Filtering
Shanshan Jiang	Broadcom Corporation	Enhancements for ISOAL
Shawn Ding	Broadcom Corporation	Enhancements for ISOAL
Fabien DUVOUX	Ellisys	Enhancements for ISOAL
Kyle Penri-Williams	Ellisys	Enhancements for ISOAL
Clement Vacheron	Ellisys	Enhancements for ISOAL
Thorkild Pedersen	GN Hearing A/S	Enhancements for ISOAL
ChaoYang Wu	Infineon Technologies AG	Enhancements for ISOAL
Vishal Dhull	Intel Corporation	Enhancements for ISOAL
Joseph Robert	LTIMINDTREE LIMITED	Enhancements for ISOAL
Sam Geeraerts	NXP B.V.	Enhancements for ISOAL
Raoul Grenier	NXP B.V.	Enhancements for ISOAL
Sean Lin	Broadcom Corporation	Frame Space Update
Shawn Ding	Broadcom Corporation	Frame Space Update
Fabien DUVOUX	Ellisys	Frame Space Update
Kyle Penri-Williams	Ellisys	Frame Space Update
Clement Vacheron	Ellisys	Frame Space Update
Joseph Robert	LTIMINDTREE LIMITED	Frame Space Update
Johan Stridkvist	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Frame Space Update
Erik Sandgren	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Frame Space Update
Antonios Prodromakis	Renesas	Frame Space Update
Mesh Davaraj	Renesas	Frame Space Update
Theodora Dimitropoulou	Renesas	Frame Space Update
Frederik Jensen	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	Frame Space Update
Marcus Jensen	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	Frame Space Update
Søren Andersen	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	Frame Space Update
Karim Mokhtar	Synopsys, Inc.	Frame Space Update
Ahmed Ismail	Synopsys, Inc.	Frame Space Update
Sean Lin	Broadcom Corporation	LL Extended Feature Set
Shanshan Jiang	Broadcom Corporation	LL Extended Feature Set
Shawn Ding	Broadcom Corporation	LL Extended Feature Set
Fabien DUVOUX	Ellisys	LL Extended Feature Set
Kyle Penri-Williams	Ellisys	LL Extended Feature Set
Clement Vacheron	Ellisys	LL Extended Feature Set
Joseph Robert	LTIMINDTREE LIMITED	LL Extended Feature Set
Johan Stridkvist	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	LL Extended Feature Set
Frederik Jensen	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	LL Extended Feature Set
Marcus Jensen	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	LL Extended Feature Set
Søren Andersen	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	LL Extended Feature Set
Vlad Tsigan	Intel Corporation	Gaming Audio Profile
Chethan Tumkur Narayan	Intel Corporation	Gaming Audio Profile
Luiz Von Dentz	Intel Corporation	Gaming Audio Profile
Nidhi Sakaleshpur Venkatesh	LTIMINDTREE LIMITED	Gaming Audio Profile
Samuel Paveza	Microsoft Corporation	Gaming Audio Profile
Emil Gydesen	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Gaming Audio Profile
Didier Lauwerys	NXP B.V.	Gaming Audio Profile
Peter Ford	RF Creations	Gaming Audio Profile
Anish Singh	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Gaming Audio Profile
Parameshwar Kengond	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Gaming Audio Profile
Sushil Deka	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Gaming Audio Profile
Tarun Goswami	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Gaming Audio Profile
Ryo Takai	Sony Group Corporation	Gaming Audio Profile
Hiroki Makino	Sony Group Corporation	Gaming Audio Profile
Thorkild Pedersen	GN Hearing A/S	Broadcast Audio URI
Benson Li	Google LLC	Broadcast Audio URI
Jack He	Google LLC	Broadcast Audio URI
Rongxuan Liu	Google LLC	Broadcast Audio URI
Peter Ford	RF Creations	Broadcast Audio URI
Mats Lennartsson	Sony Group Corporation	Broadcast Audio URI
Viswanth Bhagavatula	Sony Group Corporation	Broadcast Audio URI
Franz Springer	Hoffmann SE	Industrial Measurment Devices Profile and Service
Victor Zhodzishsky	Infineon Technologies AG	Industrial Measurment Devices Profile and Service

Recipient Name	Member Company	Category	Group
Wei Li	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Outstanding New Technical Contributor	Core Specification Working Group
Łukasz Rymanowski	Codecoup	Outstanding New Technical Contributor	Generic Audio Working Group
Andrew Estrada	Sony Electronics	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Audio, Telephony, and Automotive Working Group (ATAWG)
Chris White	Dolby Laboratories, Inc.	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Audio, Telephony, and Automotive Working Group (ATAWG)
Robin Heydon	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Electronic Shelf Label Working Group
Piotr Winiarczyk	Silvair, Inc.	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Mesh Working Group
Omkar Kulkarni	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Mesh Working Group
Alicia Courtney	Broadcom Corporation	Bluetooth SIG Appreciation Award	Bluetooth Qualification Review Board
Timothy Cook Cheng Jiang Ryan McCord Matthew Seabold Chenhong Zhou	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Electronic Shelf Label Working Group
Ash Chen Marie Janssen Dayeong Lee Benson Li Christopher Rabasa Christian Rollmann Jeremy Wu	Google LLC	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Audio, Telephony, and Automotive Working Group
Erik Moll Abdul Nabi	Koninklijke Philips N.V.	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Medical Devices Working Group
Lauri Hintsala Lasse Huovinen Karoly Kovacs	Silicon Laboratories	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Core Specification Working Group
Piotr Winiarczyk	Silvair, Inc.	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Mesh Working Group

Board of Directors Recognition Award for Outstanding Contribution

Recipient Name	Category	Group
Leif Aschehoug	Board of Directors Recognition Award	Remote Testing Task Force (RTTF)
Asbjørn Sæbø	Board of Directors Recognition Award	Remote Testing Task Force (RTTF)
Jonathan Tanner	Board of Directors Recognition Award	Remote Testing Task Force (RTTF)
Mayank Batra	Board of Directors Recognition Award	Remote Testing Task Force (RTTF)
Simon Slupik	Board of Directors Recognition Award	Remote Testing Task Force (RTTF)
Marcel Holtmann	Board of Directors Recognition Award	Remote Testing Task Force (RTTF)
Robert Hughes	Board of Directors Recognition Award	Remote Testing Task Force (RTTF)
Robert Hulvey	Board of Directors Recognition Award	Remote Testing Task Force (RTTF)
Omkar Kulkarni	Board of Directors Recognition Award	Remote Testing Task Force (RTTF)
Robin Heydon	Board of Directors Recognition Award	Specification Automation Task Force (SATF)
Piotr Winiarczyk	Board of Directors Recognition Award	Specification Automation Task Force (SATF)

Bluetooth SIG appreciation – Recognition of IOP Participation

Name	Member Company	Specification
Chi Kwan	Broadcom Corporation	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Sean Lin	Broadcom Corporation	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Timothy Cook	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Karoly Kovacs	Silicon Laboratories	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Lasse Huovinen	Silicon Laboratories	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Lauri Hintsala	Silicon Laboratories	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Kyle Penri-William	Ellisys	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Fabien Duvoux	Ellisys	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Clement Vacheron	Ellisys	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Rangineni Balasubramanyam	Infineon Technologies AG	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Yu Chia Lin	Infineon Technologies AG	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Hassan Elmadi	Packetcraft, Inc.	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Matthew Seabold	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Priyanka Gupta	Teledyne	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Dan James	Teledyne	Core Specification Enhancements – EAD & PAwR
Craig Carlson	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG	Elapsed Time Service
Abdul Nabi	Koninklijke Philips N.V.	Elapsed Time Service
Erik Moll	Koninklijke Philips N.V.	Elapsed Time Service
Leif Aschehoug	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Elapsed Time Service
Pirun Lee	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Electronic Shelf Label Profile & Service
Timothy Cook	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Electronic Shelf Label Profile & Service
Matthew Seabold	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Electronic Shelf Label Profile & Service
Cheng Jiang	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Electronic Shelf Label Profile & Service
Ryan McCord	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc	Electronic Shelf Label Profile & Service
Chenhong Zhou	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Electronic Shelf Label Profile & Service
Karoly Kovacs	Silicon Laboratories	Electronic Shelf Label Profile & Service
Tamas Kranicz	Silicon Laboratories	Electronic Shelf Label Profile & Service
Craig Carlson	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG	Generic Health Sensor Profile & Service
Abdul Nabi	Koninklijke Philips N.V.	Generic Health Sensor Profile & Service
Erik Moll	Koninklijke Philips N.V.	Generic Health Sensor Profile & Service
Ella Chu	Microchip Technology Incorporated	Generic Health Sensor Profile & Service
Charlie Lee	Microchip Technology Incorporated	Generic Health Sensor Profile & Service
Leif Aschehoug	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Generic Health Sensor Profile & Service
Tabish Rizvi	Apple Inc.	HFP Enhancement – Super Wide Band
Sherry Smith	Broadcom Corporation	HFP Enhancement – Super Wide Band
David Hughes	Broadcom Corporation	HFP Enhancement – Super Wide Band
Ash Chen	Google LLC	HFP Enhancement – Super Wide Band
Benson Li	Google LLC	HFP Enhancement – Super Wide Band
Christian Rollmann	Google LLC	HFP Enhancement – Super Wide Band
Christopher Rabasa	Google LLC	HFP Enhancement – Super Wide Band
Jeremy Wu	Google LLC	HFP Enhancement – Super Wide Band
Marie Janssen	Google LLC	HFP Enhancement – Super Wide Band
Dayeong Lee	Google LLC	HFP Enhancement – Super Wide Band
Anil Kumar Vutukuru	LTIMindtree	HFP Enhancement – Super Wide Band
Amit Panvekar	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	HFP Enhancement – Super Wide Band
Omkar Kulkarni	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Mesh NLC Profiles
Piotr Winiarczyk	Silvair, Inc.	Mesh NLC Profiles

Recipient Name	Member Company	Category	Group
Koorosh Akhavan	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Outstanding New Technical Contributor	Core Specification Working Group
Christof Fersch	Dolby	Outstanding New Technical Contributor	Audio, Telephony, and Automotive Working Group
Andrew Estrada	Sony Corporation	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Audio, Telephony, and Automotive Working Group
Frank Berntsen	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Human Interface Device Working Group
Masahiko Seki	Sony Corporation	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Generic Audio Working Group
Piotr Winiarczyk	Silvair, Inc.	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Mesh Working Group
Clive Feather	Samsung	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Core Specification Working Group
Nick Hunn	WiFore Consulting	Bluetooth SIG Appreciation Award	Hearing Aid Working Group
Yao Wang	Barrot Technology Limited	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Audio, Telephony, and Automotive Working Group
The Telink Mesh Team	Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Mesh Working Group
Grzegorz Kolodziejczyk, Mariusz Skamra, Jakub Tyszkowski, Łukasz Rymanowski	Codecoup	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Hearing Aid Working Group
Sushil Deka, Shitiz Kumar, Prashant Agrawal, Parameshwar Kengond, Harish Kumar S, Tarun Goswami, Lucrezia Fanizzi, Pascal Chapelot, Stratos Chatzikyriakos, Mohammed Saleem Khan, Anantha Krishna	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Generic Audio Working Group
Christian-Alexander Luszick, Craig Carlson, David Sempsrott, Rick Wilson, and Robert Sabo	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Medical Devices Working Group
Frank Berntsen	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Outstanding IOP Contributor Appreciation Award	Human Interface Device Working Group

Bluetooth SIG appreciation – Recognition of IOP Participation

Name	Member Company	Specification
Christian-BT Luszick	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG	Authorization Control Profile and Service
Christoph Fischer	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG	Authorization Control Profile and Service
Craig Carlson	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG	Authorization Control Profile and Service
David Sempsrott	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG	Authorization Control Profile and Service
Rick Wilson	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG	Authorization Control Profile and Service
Robert Sabo	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG	Authorization Control Profile and Service
Gerrit Niezen	Tidepool Project	Authorization Control Profile and Service
Nathaniel Hamming	Tidepool Project	Authorization Control Profile and Service
Tapani Otala	Tidepool Project	Authorization Control Profile and Service
Yao Wang	Barrot Technology Limited	Basic Audio Profile
Chaojing Sun	Broadcom Corporation	Basic Audio Profile
Sherry Smith	Broadcom Corporation	Basic Audio Profile
Grzegorz Kolodziejczyk	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Basic Audio Profile
Mariusz Skamra	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Basic Audio Profile
Jakub Tyszkowski	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Basic Audio Profile
Łukasz Rymanowski	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Basic Audio Profile
Sreeram Tatapudi	Infineon Technologies AG	Basic Audio Profile
Sahana DN	Infineon Technologies AG	Basic Audio Profile
Hardikkumar Chauhan	Infineon Technologies AG	Basic Audio Profile
Luiz Von Dentz	Intel Corporation	Basic Audio Profile
Ella Chu	Microchip Technology Incorporated	Basic Audio Profile
Charlie Lee	Microchip Technology Incorporated	Basic Audio Profile
Nidhi S Venkatesh	MindTree Limited	Basic Audio Profile
Badrinarayanan K	MindTree Limited	Basic Audio Profile
Anil Vutukuru	MindTree Limited	Basic Audio Profile
Harish Kumar S	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Basic Audio Profile
Hendrik Cordier	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Basic Audio Profile
Nagendra V	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Basic Audio Profile
Pascal Chapelot	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Basic Audio Profile
Prashant Agrawal	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Basic Audio Profile
Sushil Deka	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Basic Audio Profile
Vasilis Michopoulos	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Basic Audio Profile
Inga Stotland	Intel Corporation	Battery Service 1.1
Frank Berntsen	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Battery Service 1.1
Yao Wang	Barrot Technology Limited	Common Audio Profile
Sherry Smith	Broadcom Corporation	Common Audio Profile
Grzegorz Kolodziejczyk	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Common Audio Profile
Jakub Tyszkowski	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Common Audio Profile
Łukasz Rymanowski	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Common Audio Profile
Hardikkumar Chauhan	Infineon Technologies AG	Common Audio Profile
Nidhi S Venkatesh	MindTree Limited	Common Audio Profile
Badrinarayanan K	MindTree Limited	Common Audio Profile
Anil Vutukuru	MindTree Limited	Common Audio Profile
Harish Kumar S	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Common Audio Profile
Yao Wang	Barrot Technology Limited	Hearing Access Profile and Service
Grzegorz Kolodziejczyk	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Hearing Access Profile and Service
Mariusz Skamra	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Hearing Access Profile and Service
Jakub Tyszkowski	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Hearing Access Profile and Service
Łukasz Rymanowski	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Hearing Access Profile and Service
Thorkild Pedersen	GN Hearing A/S	Hearing Access Profile and Service
Oktay Baris	GN Hearing A/S	Hearing Access Profile and Service
Naveen M N		Hearing Access Profile and Service
Yao Wang	Barrot Technology Limited	Public Broadcast Profile
Sherry Smith	Broadcom Corporation	Public Broadcast Profile
Laurent Trarieux	CEVA-Riveriawaves	Public Broadcast Profile
Grzegorz Kolodziejczyk	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Public Broadcast Profile
Jakub Tyszkowski	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Public Broadcast Profile
Łukasz Rymanowski	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Public Broadcast Profile
Thorkild Pedersen	GN Hearing A/S	Public Broadcast Profile
Yao Wang	Barrot Technology Limited	Telephony and Media Audio Profile
Sherry Smith	Broadcom Corporation	Telephony and Media Audio Profile
Laurent Trarieux	CEVA-Riveriawaves	Telephony and Media Audio Profile
Grzegorz Kolodziejczyk	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Telephony and Media Audio Profile
Jakub Tyszkowski	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Telephony and Media Audio Profile
Łukasz Rymanowski	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Telephony and Media Audio Profile
Efstratios Chatzikyriakos	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Telephony and Media Audio Profile
Parameshwar Kengond	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Telephony and Media Audio Profile
Prashant Agrawal	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Telephony and Media Audio Profile
Sushil Deka	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Telephony and Media Audio Profile
Michal Narajowski	Codecoup sp. z o.o.	Mesh Device Firmware Update Mesh Profile Enhancements ( CBP, ENH, EPA, PRB, SBR)
	Espressif Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	Mesh Device Firmware Update Mesh Profile Enhancements ( CBP, ENH, EPA, PRB, SBR)
Mike Weng	Infineon Technologies AG	Mesh Device Firmware Update Mesh Profile Enhancements ( CBP, ENH, EPA, PRB, SBR)
Badrinarayanan K	MindTree Limited	Mesh Device Firmware Update Mesh Profile Enhancements ( CBP, ENH, EPA, PRB, SBR)
Peter Kozar	Silicon Laboratories	Mesh Device Firmware Update Mesh Profile Enhancements ( CBP, ENH, EPA, PRB, SBR)
Piotr Winiarczyk	Silvair, Inc.	Mesh Device Firmware Update Mesh Profile Enhancements ( CBP, ENH, EPA, PRB, SBR)
	Telink Semiconductor (Shanghai) Co., Ltd	Mesh Device Firmware Update Mesh Profile Enhancements ( CBP, ENH, EPA, PRB, SBR)

Recipient Name	Member Company	Category	Group
Sophia Feil	Expleo Germany GmbH	Outstanding New Technical Contributor	Audio, Telephony, and Automotive Working Group
Qing An	Alibaba Group	Outstanding New Technical Contributor	Mesh Working Group
Andrew Estrada	Sony Corporation	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Audio, Telephony, and Automotive Working Group
Chris Church	Qualcomm	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Generic Audio Working Group
Angel Polo	Broadcom Incorporated	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Core Specification Working Group
Piotr Winiarczyk	Silvair, Inc.	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Mesh Working Group
Szymon Slupik	Silvair, Inc.	Outstanding Technical Contributor	Mesh Working Group
Alicia Courtney	Broadcom	Bluetooth SIG appreciation – Working Group Contributor	BTI & BQRB Working Group

Recipient Name	Member Company	Category	Group
Pouria Zand	Cypress Semiconductor Corporation	Outstanding New Technical Contributor	Core Specification Working Group
Piergiuseppe Di Marco	Silvair, Inc.	Outstanding New Technical Contributor	Mesh Working Group
Andrew Estrada	Sony Corporation	Outstanding Technical Contributor of the Year	Audio, Telephony, and Automotive Working Group
Jori Rintahaka	Silicon Laboratories	Outstanding Technical Contributor of the Year	Mesh Working Group
Tomas Motos	Texas Instruments Incorporated	Outstanding Technical Contributor of the Year	Core Specification Working Group
Chris Church	Qualcomm	Outstanding Technical Contributor of the Year	Generic Audio Working Group
Piotr Winiarczyk	Silvair, Inc.	Outstanding Technical Contributor of the Year	Mesh Working Group
Asbjørn Saebø	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	Bluetooth SIG appreciation – Working Group Contributor	Generic Audio Working Group

Recipient Name	Member Company	Category	Group
Mayank Batra	Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	Working Group/Committee Chair of the Year	Core Specification Working Group
Szymon Slupik	Silvair, Inc.	Working Group/Committee Chair of the Year	Mesh Working Group
Mesh Working Group	n/a	Working Group of the Year	Mesh Working Group
Danilo Blasi	STMicroelectronics	Outstanding Technical Contributor of the Year	Mesh Working Group
Kanji Kerai	Sivantos GmbH	Outstanding Technical Contributor of the Year	Core Specification Working Group
Ravi Bamidi	Silvair, Inc.	Outstanding New Contributor in Bluetooth SIG Groups	Mesh Working Group
Robert Hughes	Intel Corporation	Chairman’s Award	n/a

Recipient Name	Member Company	Category	Group
Mayank Batra	Qualcomm	Working Group/Committee Chair of the Year	Core Specification Working Group
Mesh Working Group	n/a	Working Group of the Year Award	Mesh Working Group
Piotr Winiarczyk	Silvair, Inc.	Outstanding Technical Contributor of the Year Award	Mesh Working Group
Himanshu Bhalla	Intel Corporation	Outstanding New Contributor to Bluetooth SIG Groups	Generic Audio Working Group
Felix Bootz	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG	Key Contributor to Reconnection Configuration Profile and Service	Medical Devices Working Group
Harald Prinzhorn	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG	Key Contributor to Insulin Delivery Profile and Service	Medical Devices Working Group

Recipient Name	Member Company	Category	Group
Brian Redding	Qualcomm	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Bluetooth Core Specification 5 & Core Specification Supplement 7	Core Specification Working Group
Clive Feather	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Bluetooth Core Specification 5 & Core Specification Supplement 7, For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Bluetooth Core Specification Addendum 6 and For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Errata Service Release 10	Core Specification Working Group
Gerard Harbers	Xicato Inc.	Outstanding New Contributor in Bluetooth SIG Groups and For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Mesh Device Properties 1.0	Mesh Working Group
Guillaume Schatz	EM MICROELECTRONIC MARIN SA	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Fitness Machine Profile and Service	Sports & Fitness Working Group
Joel Linsky	Qualcomm	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Bluetooth Core Specification Addendum 6 and For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Bluetooth Core Specification 5 & Core Specification Supplement 7	Core Specification Working Group
Leif-Alexandre Aschehoug	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Fitness Machine Profile and Service and For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of GATT Specification Supplement	Sports & Fitness Working Group
Michael Ungstrup	Widex A/S	Outstanding New Contributor in Bluetooth SIG Groups	Hearing Aid Working Group
Olivia Bellamou-Huet	Assystem	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Message Access Profile 1.4	Audio, Telephony, and Automotive Working Group
Piotr Winiarczyk	Silvair, Inc.	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Mesh Profile Specification 1.0 and For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Mesh Model Specification 1.0	Mesh Working Group and Architectural Review Board
Robert Hughes	Intel Corporation	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Mesh Profile Specification 1.0	Mesh Working Group
Robin Heydon	Qualcomm	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Mesh Profile Specification 1.0 and For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Mesh Device Properties 1.0	Mesh Working Group and Architectural Review Board
Szymon Slupik	Silvair, Inc.	Working Group/Committee Chair of the Year, Working Group of the Year Award, Outstanding Technical Contributor of the Year Award and For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Mesh Model Specification 1.0	Mesh Working Group
Tomas Motos	Texas Instruments Incorporated	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Bluetooth Core Specification 5 & Core Specification Supplement 7	Core Specification Working Group

Recipient Name	Member Company	Category	Group
Mesh Working Group (Szymon and Bob)		Working Group of the Year	Mesh Working Group
Robert Hughes	Intel Corporation	Working Group/Committee Chair of the Year	Mesh Working Group
Brian Redding	Qualcomm	Outstanding Technical Contributor of the Year	Core Specification Working Group
Szymon Slupik	Seed Labs Inc.	Outstanding Technical Contributor of the Year	Mesh Working Group
Olivia Bellamou-Huet	Berner & Mattner Systemtechnik GmbH	Outstanding New Contributor in Bluetooth SIG Groups	Audio, Telephony and Automotive & Sports and Fitness Working Groups
Sam Geeraerts	NXP Semiconductors	Outstanding New Contributor in Bluetooth SIG Groups	Core Specification Working Group
Joel Linsky	Qualcomm	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Core Specification Addendum 5	Core Specification Working Group
Robert Hughes	Intel Corporation	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Transport Discovery Service	Discovery of Things Working Group
Jingu Choi	LG Electronics Inc.	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Transport Discovery Service	Discovery of Things Working Group
Chris Church	Qualcomm	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Transport Discovery Service	Discovery of Things Working Group
Casper Bonde	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Message Access Profile 1.3	Audio, Telephony and Automotive Working Group
Dominik Sollfrank	Berner & Mattner Systemtechnik GmbH	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Message Access Profile 1.3	Audio, Telephony and Automotive Working Group
Guillaume Schatz	Polar Electro Oy	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Cycling Power Profile & Service 1.1	Sports and Fitness Working Group
Laurence Richardson	Qualcomm	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Object Transfer Profile & Service	Sports and Fitness Working Group
Guillaume Schatz	Polar Electro Oy	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Object Transfer Profile & Service	Sports and Fitness Working Group
Robert Hughes	Intel Corporation	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Object Transfer Profile & Service	Sports and Fitness Working Group
Leif-Alexandre Aschehoug	Nordic Semiconductor ASA	For Outstanding Contributions to the Adoption of Object Transfer Profile & Service	Sports and Fitness Working Group

Awards & recognition

Our working group and committee members make Bluetooth technology the best it can be

Outstanding contributor award

Outstanding leadership award

Working group contributor award

Outstanding IOP contributor appreciation award

Channel sounding amplitude-based attack resilience (Core Specification enhancement)

LE test mode enhancements (Core Specification enhancement)

Shorter connection intervals (Core Specification enhancement)

Call duration information (Hands-Free Profile enhancement)

Call forwarding feature (Hands-Free Profile enhancement)

Cookware profile and service

Coordinated Set Name 1.1

Human Interface Device ISO

Ranging profile and service

Channel sounding amplitude-based attack resilience
(Core Specification enhancement)