Duff Johnson

Chair of these communities: US TAG | TC171 SC2 US WG8 PDF | TC171 SC2 US WG9 Accessibility

Duff started working with PDF in 1996 when he founded Document Solutions, Inc. in Oakland, California.

Today, as CEO of the PDF Association, Duff coordinates industry activities in support of PDF technology.

Duff also serves in technical roles as Project Leader for ISO 14289 (PDF/UA) and as Project co-Leader for ISO 32000 (the PDF specification). He chairs the US Technical Advisory Committee (TAG) for ISO TC 171 SC 2, and serves as its Head of Delegation.

He can be reached at duff.johnson@pdfa.org.

Chief Executive Officer
at PDF Association

Get in touch with Duff Johnson! E-mail: duff.johnson@pdfa.org / Social media: https://linkedin.com/in/duffjohnson

Duff Johnson's Publications

Article December 7, 2015

PDF end user experience survey for people with disabilities

Karlen Communications is surveying users with disabilities to better understand the end user experience of PDF documents within that population.

Article November 25, 2015

Comments are due on the European Single Electronic Format

The amended Transparency Directive will require public company annual financial reports in an ESEF beginning January 1, 2020.

PDF Association news November 18, 2015

veraPDF 0.6 released

The veraPDF consortium has announced the 0.6 release of the veraPDF PDF/A validation software and test-suite. This release features validation … Read more

Article October 30, 2015

European Accessibility Act Coming in December 2015

The European Disability Forum reports that European Commissioner Thyssen has confirmed that the European Accessibility Act, under development since 2012, … Read more

Article October 12, 2015