The Planet PDF Team
The Planet PDF Team's experience extends back to the very beginning of PDF. We have not only watched the development of PDF as a standard document exchange format, we have gained experience and expanded our our knowledge through our day-to-day, hands on experience using the technology.
Planet PDF Managing Editor
Dan Shea first became involved with PDF while developing a back-end process for the conversion of paper books for a leading eBook provider. He joined the Planet PDF team as PDF Store Manager, catalyzing a period of unprecedented growth in the area, and during that time gained extensive experience with the use of literally hundreds of different PDF software packages. His credits include the co-ordination of conference sessions, and he has moderated and spoken at such major industry events as Seybold Seminars, PDF Conference, The Acrobat & PDF Conference and Open Publish Sydney.
Planet PDF Director of Content
Richard Crocker became actively involved back in the days of PDF 1.1 and Acrobat Exchange 2.0 back in 1996 while working in the Research and IT departments of a large investment bank. In 1998 he helped to launch Planet PDF and the series of feature areas such as PDF Store, Planet PDF Forum, PDF Product Finder and Web Expo that have followed. His main interest lies in products that help aid PDF publishing workflows, in particular ones that enhance Acrobat.
Robert Milne
Senior Account Executive
As our Senior Account Executive, Robert ensures your Planet PDF advertising program delivers results. His integrated Planet PDF and PDF Store campaigns have been used by PDF heavyweights like Adobe, ARTS PDF, PDFlib and AdLib. If you want to build your brand, sell more product, and get the most from your marketing spend -- call Rob.
Planet PDF Contributing Editor
Karl De Abrew is the founder of Planet PDF and founder/former CEO of Nitro PDF Software, the builder of Nitro PDF Professional and operator of Planet PDF. Currently CEO of Debenu, Karl is a seasoned speaker, moderator, industry commentator and columnist for a variety of publications.
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Planet PDF Contributing Editor
Nettie Hartsock is a 15-year freelance business journalist veteran with an extensive background in editing, writing, and press communications. Nettie has been published in well over 200 outlets including print and online media during her career. She is highly regarded for her interviews with some of the most respected e-business and Internet visionaries including Dr. Peter Sealey, Andrew Goodman, Jon Nordmark, Zach Nelson, Dr. Larry Ponemon, Steve Rubel and Royal P. Farros.
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Planet PDF Contributing Editor
Dave Wraight has been actively involved with PDF since version 1.0 and today heads PDF software and resource company AcroTips. For the past seven years he has developed PDF solutions and software for clients, as well writing and editing technical works on PDF ranging from tips to books.
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Planet PDF Contributing Editor
One of the pioneers introducing PDF to the enterprise, Duff Johnson founded Document Solutions, Inc. in 1996 to leverage the power of the then-emerging PDF format in publishing and business communications. From MultiResolution processing to innovative content interfaces, Document Solutions, Inc. has developed scores of PDF technology solutions for publishing, manufacturing, service and government clients worldwide. A visionary promoter of the PDF format at seminars and trade-shows, Johnson now lends his expertise to Planet PDF to advance understanding of the place, power and potential of electronic documents and the increasingly important role for PDF in the modern enterprise.
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Planet PDF Contributing Editor
Founder and former CEO of Lantana, and now VP of Sales at ARTS PDF (ARTS PDF and Planet PDF are both divisions of BinaryThing), Gary has extensive knowledge of PDF in the graphic arts industry. Lantana was initially an Adobe partner doing hardware development for their OEMS, but early on Gary recognised the emergence of PDF as a viable format for prepress and print production and he switched the company's focus to software. The first product, ARTS PDF Crackerjack, became an industry standard plug-in and is widely used today. Prior to founding Lantana Gary held sales management and executive positions at Xerox, QMS (Konica Minolta Printing Solutions), and RasterOps.
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