PDF Association staff
The PDF Association staff delivers a vendor-neutral platform for PDF's stakeholders, facilitating the development of open specifications and ISO standards for PDF technology. The staff are located in Germany, the United States and Australia.
Staff members include:
- Alexandra Oettler (Editor),
- Betsy Fanning (Standards Director),
- Duff Johnson (Chief Executive Officer),
- Melina Tusch (Member Benefit Manager),
- Matthias Wagner (CFO & Operations Director),
- Peter Wyatt (Chief Technology Officer),
- Thomas Zellmann (PDF Evangelist).
PDF Association staff's Publications
PDF Association news December 23, 2021
This summary recalls developments in 2021 and looks forward to PDF Association activities in 2022.
PDF Association news December 20, 2021
The PDF Association now hosts 3D PDF demonstration files provided by PDF Association members.
PDF Association news November 30, 2021
Support PDF standards development; buy your ISO standards from the PDF Association! Members even get a discount!
Article November 10, 2021
Almost every email client can save email messages as PDF files, but none do so in a manner that retains … Read more
PDF Association news September 30, 2021
For developers and heavy users of PDF technology the Technical Days and Solution Days sessions that make up PDF Days … Read more
PDF Association news September 21, 2021
We have enhanced the PDF Association’s Feature Support pages to be driven by members’ product and services showcase listings on … Read more
PDF Association news September 3, 2021
The PDF Association welcomes new members as we absorb the 3D PDF Consortium’s membership and functions. With two new working … Read more
PDF Association news August 27, 2021
PDF Days Online 2021 is brimming with up-to-date technical and educational presentations. If you work with digital documents there’s a … Read more
PDF Association news August 13, 2021
PDF Days this year is online-only. Technical Days sessions range from September 27 – October 18 at 1600 and 1700 … Read more



