Jack has 40 years of experience in developing systems for high-speed printing and image technologies and has a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida. He holds 9 patents ranging from user interfaces, image processing, encryption, and improvements to the Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) data stream.
Speaking of AFP, Jack has been the President of the AFP Consortium since 2017, which is the open standards organization focusing on evolving AFP architecture and meeting the needs of the AFP vendor and user communities. He currently works for Ricoh Production Print Solutions as a Senior Technical Staff Member, Consulting Software Engineer, Research & Development. Prior to working for Ricoh, Jack worked for 30 years in IBM’s Printing Systems Division.
“I see PDF and AFP as complimentary printing technologies, and that is why I am excited to be a part of the PDF Association!”