Xplor Names 2008 Lifetime Achievement, Innovator and Technology Application Award Winners

Lifetime Achievement Award—this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award, a new award formed in 2007, goes to Frank Delfer, executive vice president of technology and Chief Technology Officer of DST Output,

El Dorado Hills, California. Delfer’s career reflects a record of achievement, ingenuity and leadership within the digital document industry for nearly 31 years. His numerous accomplishments include leading the implementation of the transaction mail industry’s first manifest mailing system that has become commonplace in the 21st century, developing the industry’s first patented, integrated mailing system that preceded mainframe-to-mailbox technology as well as significant contributions to the development of 28 patented/patent pending applications for production process innovations for DST Output. In addition, Delfer served on numerous U.S. Postal Service committees and projects, co-founded the Major Mailers Association and developed the innovative Digital Press Technology (DPT) platform. Frank Delfer joins Brain Platte, whom Xplor’s Lifetime Achievement Award is named in honor of, formerly CTO of IBM and known as the father of AFP.