DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

Hans Bärfuss

CEO at PDF Tools AG

Experience:

  • Joint initiator and founder of the PDF/A Competence Center
  • Founder and CEO of PDF Tools AG
  • Founder and Member of the Board of numerous SMEs (GLANCE, Medica Medizinal-Informatik AG, CCS Creative Computer Software AG, IMA AG, Forte Advisors) in Switzerland
  • Developer of Software for the Processing of Electronic Documents (PDF, PostScript, TIFF, JPEG, etc.)
  • Developer of Video and Audio Equipment for TV and Film Studios
  • Developer of Compilers for Embedded Systems

Education:

  • Master in Electrical Engineering (ETH 1981, Cryptography, Prof. Dr. James L. Massey)
  • PhD in Computer Science (ETH 1994, Compilers, Prof. Dr. Niklaus Wirth)
  • Executive MBA (HSG 1994, Strategy, Prof. Dr. Martin Hilb)
  • Post Doc Studies in Computer Graphics and Digital Publishing (ETH 2006, Prof. Dr. Markus Gross, Disney Research Zürich)
  • Aerobatics Pilot
  • Classical and jazz musician, Sound Engineer


Hans Bärfuss

CEO at PDF Tools AG


Experience:

  • Joint initiator and founder of the PDF/A Competence Center
  • Founder and CEO of PDF Tools AG
  • Founder and Member of the Board of numerous SMEs (GLANCE, Medica Medizinal-Informatik AG, CCS Creative Computer Software AG, IMA AG, Forte Advisors) in Switzerland
  • Developer of Software for the Processing of Electronic Documents (PDF, PostScript, TIFF, JPEG, etc.)
  • Developer of Video and Audio Equipment for TV and Film Studios
  • Developer of Compilers for Embedded Systems

Education:

  • Master in Electrical Engineering (ETH 1981, Cryptography, Prof. Dr. James L. Massey)
  • PhD in Computer Science (ETH 1994, Compilers, Prof. Dr. Niklaus Wirth)
  • Executive MBA (HSG 1994, Strategy, Prof. Dr. Martin Hilb)
  • Post Doc Studies in Computer Graphics and Digital Publishing (ETH 2006, Prof. Dr. Markus Gross, Disney Research Zürich)
  • Aerobatics Pilot
  • Classical and jazz musician, Sound Engineer

CONTRIBUTOR OF THE FOLLOWING

SD Times features PDF 2.0

December 7, 2017
News

SD Times, a leading periodical targeting systems and application developers, has featured PDF in its December 2017 publication. The journalists at SD Times interviewed various members of the PDF technology community, including experts from several …



PDF/A Competence Center Expands to an Association

September 14, 2006
News PDF Association news

September 14, 2006 (Berlin) – PDF/A, the new ISO standard for long-term archiving, is generating a great deal of interest on the market. To handle the high demand for information and exchange experience on all …



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