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 September 28, 2023
PDF Week in San Francisco this October is hosting a free industry Symposium on Advancing the PDF Imaging Model! There’s … Read more
PDF in the Wild September 6, 2023
Funky (but legit!) PDF, sneaky malware PDF, poisoned PDF, PDF for LEGO, NASA does PDF… it’s a wild PDF world … Read more
PDF in the Wild August 11, 2023
LLMs and generative artificial intelligence, as much (or more) than everything else computers can do, is subject to the iron … Read more
PDF in the Wild July 20, 2023
The most recent specification of PDF doesn’t limit page size… at all. That’s up to the implementation.
PDF Association news July 7, 2023
As its members become more active in PDF Association communities we’ve taken new steps to ensure that easy access to … Read more
PDF Association news June 29, 2023
Save October 16-20 for PDF Week Fall 2023 in San Francisco including an open Industry Symposium on Advancing PDF’s Imaging … Read more
News June 26, 2023
DARPA recognizes the PDF Association’s contributions to its SafeDocs program.
PDF Association news June 20, 2023
PDF’s imaging model is due for its first refresh in 20 years. You can participate by joining the new PDF … Read more
PDF Association news June 16, 2023
The PDF Association is pleased to announce no-cost availability of ISO/TS 32003, adding support for AES-GCM to PDF 2.0.