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
Article February 15, 2021
Read “The Inside Story of How the Lowly PDF Played the Longest Game in Tech” on Medium.
Article February 11, 2021
EA-PDF establishes high-level requirements for using PDF technology to package email for long-term preservation.
PDF Association news January 27, 2021
The members of the PDF Association have adopted a new Intellectual Property Rights Policy to make it easier for experts … Read more
PDF Association news January 27, 2021
The LaTeX Project recently became a Liaison Member of the PDF Association to help accelerate the development of tagged and … Read more
January 14, 2021
Die PDF Association erläutert, wie sich die Revision von PDF 2.0 auf die neuen Normteile PDF/A-4, PDF/X-6, PDF/VT-3 und PDF/R-1 … Read more
Article December 30, 2020
In 2020, accelerated by COVID-19 and remote work, PDF reached global peak relevance. As digitization surged, the format solidified its … Read more
Article December 16, 2020
A brief survey of ISO 32000-2:2020 and its associated subset standards for archiving, print, transactional and variable print and raster … Read more
PDF Association news December 14, 2020
The 2020 edition includes a number of critical updates to normative references as well as other corrections and clarifications. It … Read more
PDF Association news December 4, 2020
The US National Archives and Records Administration’s new proposal for standardization of digitization of permanent federal records is available for … Read more