Claudia Bach is a well-known business owner and Standards Expert. She was raised in Sacramento, California, graduated from high school in Bangkok, Thailand, and got her degree in piano performance from the University of the Pacific.Ms. Bach owned Document Center Inc. from January 1985 to January 2024. During that time, she presided over the development of Document Center from an idea in a garage into an internationally respected standards distribution service.The company pioneered the use of the web for the distribution of standards and standards information. Launching it’s first website in 1993, the company significantly influenced information organizations as diverse as Dialog and Information Express to Standards bodies such as ISO and ANSI.PC Computing magazine included Document Center as one of the approximately 400 sites on it’s “Road Map to the Internet” in September, 1994. Forbes magazine highlighted the company in it’s February 27, 1995 ASAP supplement as one of “three companies with stakes in the Net biz game…” They quoted, “Claudia Bach…says she would have had to be ‘brain-dead’ not to put her company on the World Wide Web.”Ms. Bach played a pivotal role in educating the standards community about the benefits and technology involved in getting Standards and Standards information on the Internet. Her demonstrations, training sessions, and speaking tours in the U.S. and abroad contributed to the early adoption of the technology.During her tenure, Document Center was transformed into the premier option for purchasing industry standards in print, pdf and subscription format. On January 1, 2024, Document Center was acquired by Nimonik Inc. and is now being fully integrated into their compliance and digital requirements management system.Specialties: Specifications and Standards, Standardization processes, compliance requirements, Standards Developing Organizations, regulatory processes, regulations,