North America Chapter

The North American Chapter of the PDF Association is expanding its services to members. Get in touch to learn more!

Local Contact

Duff Johnson

The President of NetCentric US, Duff Johnson is Chairman of the North American chapter and Vice Chairman of the Board for the PDF Association worldwide. A veteran of the electronic document industry, Duff serves as Project Co-Leader of ISO 32000 (PDF) and US Chair and Spokesperson for ISO 14289 (PDF/UA).

In 1996, Duff founded Document Solutions, Inc., the first electronic document service bureau dedicated to PDF technology. More recently, he has served as CEO of Appligent Document Solutions, one of the first companies producing commercial software to manipulate PDF files. Duff became President of NetCentric US in September, 2011.

Phone: +1 617 401 8140
Email: duff.johnson@pdfa.org

Members in North America

At the end of 2010, more than 15 companies from Canada, Mexico and the United States are members of the PDF Association.

Partners

The PDF Association cooperates with international associations dealing with Document Management and Enterprise Content Management issues. In North America, our partner organizations include:

• AIIM
• ARMA

Basic Materials

• PDF/A Competence Center Flyer
• The “bible”: PDF/A in a Nutshell
• General educational materials about PDF and PDF/A

Articles by North American Members

• White Paper: How to Implement PDF/A (by Duff Johnson)
• The Content That Endures: What to Know about PDF/A (by Duff Johnson)

Local Events

• ARMA Conference
• AIIM Conference