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 August 12, 2024
Starting today, PDF users everywhere can leverage ISO-standardized accessibility requirements for content in PDF.
PDF in the Wild July 27, 2024
Wired likes PDF/A, Google and Apple do PDF creation from phone cameras, EA-PDF is already in the wild, the latest … Read more
Announcement July 25, 2024
The latest PDF 2.0 Errata Collection 2 is a complete update and replacement for the previous no-cost sponsored edition of … Read more
Announcement June 27, 2024
A new members-only resource supports forensic experts tasks with examination of PDF files.
PDF in the Wild June 24, 2024
What do “first class companies” do? Japanese media covers the PDF Association in Tokyo. Firefox adds experimental alt. text generation … Read more
PDF Association news June 12, 2024
Private data is everywhere is in almost every broadly-adopted file format. This Application Note answers questions about private data in … Read more
PDF in the Wild May 23, 2024
Microsoft deepens its investment in Tagged PDF. We talked PDF with NISO. Both Android and iOS improve PDF handling. A … Read more
PDF Association news May 23, 2024
While PDF/X establishes rules for representing page content for print purposes, it doesn’t describe the specific requirements of the finished … Read more
Announcement, PDF Association news May 17, 2024
The latest ISO Extension to PDF 2.0 offers backwards-compatible integrity protection via Message Authentication Code (MAC).