An entrepreneur and CEO for 17 years, Duff Johnson is an independent consultant. Author of dozens of articles on electronic document management subjects, Johnson is known throughout the ECM industry as a leading strategist, consultant and educator.

Industry Association Roles

  • PDF Association: Vice-Chair of the Board, Chair of the Association's North American Chapter.
  • AIIM: Standards Board Chair, member of the Board of Directors

Standards Development Roles

  • Project Co-Leader for ISO 32000 (PDF Reference), TC 171/SC 2/WG 8
  • Vice Chair of the US TAG for ISO 32000 (PDF Reference)
  • Chair of the US TAG for ISO 14289 (PDF/UA)
  • Member of the US TAG for ISO 19005 (PDF/A)
  • Member of the US TAG for ISO 24517 (PDF/E)

Background

In 1996, Duff Johnson founded Document Solutions, Inc. (DSI), the first electronic document service bureau dedicated to PDF technology. In 2009, he merged DSI into Appligent and led the resulting company, Appligent Document Solutions, from January 2009 until June, 2011. In 2011 he joined NetCentric Technologies, where he led the company's rapid expansion in 2012. In 2013 Duff left NetCentric to lead his consultancy: Duff Johnson Strategy & Communications

Vice Chair, PDF Association & Consultant - Electronic document technology, document accessibility, PDF interactive features, international standards development

Cambridge, MA, USA

duff.johnson@pdfa.org

Languages: English

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The Case for PDF/UA

Duff Johnson | May 7, 2012

Duff Johnson discusses PDF/UA, Headings and WCAG 2.0 in a recent series of articles on his Logical Structures blog. [...]

Thinking Beyond the PDF

Duff Johnson | January 20, 2011

Duff Johnson considers the Beyond the PDF workshop and suggests PDF/E as a means of developing real-world solutions for science publishing. [...]

Accessibility – What PDF/A-1a Really Means

Duff Johnson | October 1, 2010

PDF/A-1a is the higher of the two conformance levels for PDF/A. This article explains that the “a” stands for “accessible”, and provides an overview of the end-user, business, regulatory and operational significance of conformance level “a”. Finally, we introduce PDF/UA, the forthcoming International Standard for accessible PDF.
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