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Hans Bärfuss


  • Education: Master in Electrical Engineering, PhD in Computer
    Science, Exec. MBA, Post Doc in Document Technologies and
    Computer Graphics.
  • Founder / Co-Founder: Glance Software Engineering AG
    (Adesso), Medica Medizinal Software AG (Agfa Healthcare),
    CCS Creative Computer Software AG (ErgoDent), and others
  • 2002: Founder and CEO of PDF Tools AG.
  • 2005: Initiator and Co-founder of PDF Association
  • Former member of the ISO TC 171 (Document Management
    Applications).
  • Architect and Co-Developer of the 3-Heights® Software and
    4-Heights® Rendering Engine.
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