Duff Johnson
Chair of these communities: US TAG | TC171 SC2 US WG8 PDF | TC171 SC2 US WG9 AccessibilityDuff 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.
Duff Johnson's Publications
PDF Association news October 29, 2021
The CEO of the PDF Association reflects on the steady expansion of the organization’s mission and the future.
Article October 14, 2021
On World Standards Day 2021 the PDF Association celebrates PDF’s connection to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Article September 10, 2021
According to CommonCrawl’s detected MIME type PDF is the 3rd most popular file-format on the web (behind HTML and XHTML); … Read more
Presentation June 9, 2021
Join CEO Duff Johnson and CTO Peter Wyatt as they discuss current and future PDF Association initiatives. Intended primarily for … Read more
Presentation June 9, 2021
CEO Duff Johnson introduces the sessions and experts presenting at the year’s premiere PDF technology event.
Article April 14, 2021
Standards development works best when the expert community is open to diverse and dissenting views. The door is already open … Read more
Article January 29, 2021
PDF/A-4 is essential to losslessly archiving PDF files that use current-generation PDF 2.0 technology… even including scanned documents. From modern … Read more
PDF Association news January 8, 2021
To support industry uptake of PDF 2.0, the specification’s ISO Project Leaders, working through the PDF Association, have established a … Read more
Article October 19, 2020
Introduction Akin to our earlier series on the Mueller Report PDF, this article provides cultural framing and technical background for … Read more