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 February 29, 2024
Well-Tagged PDF (WTPDF), a common specification for both reuse and accessibility, is a massive leap forward for PDF technology.
PDF in the Wild February 12, 2024
PDF Week Online 2024 week 2 is coming up! Did you know that PDF 2.0 adds ARIA to PDF? How … Read more
PDF Association news February 5, 2024
All PDF Association Full and Liaison Members who have joined Technical and/or Liaison Working Groups are welcome for two weeks … Read more
PDF in the Wild January 26, 2024
LibreOffice now supports PDF/UA! AI LLMs’ support for PDF is substandard, and is retarding innovation. Yet more misinformation about malware. … Read more
Article January 19, 2024
A major focus of the PDF Association’s work is to increase awareness and adoption of standards and best practices for … Read more
Article January 10, 2024
The PDF, ICC, NITF and video datasets used in SafeDocs’ performer hackathons and evaluations are now available for download from … Read more
PDF Association news January 5, 2024
Adobe’s Standards Support Endowment, now in its sixth year, facilities administration of ISO TC 171 SC 2 and sustains the … Read more
Article December 21, 2023
In 2023, the volunteers and staff of the PDF Association were busier than ever, with new working groups, resources, and … Read more
PDF Association news December 20, 2023
PDF Week Online 2024 consists of 16 PDF Association Working Group meetings and 2 ISO working group meetings.