Charles Hoffman: Charlie (Tacoma, Washington, United States), a certified public accountant (CPA), is credited as being the Father of XBRL. He was co-editor of the first ever XBRL taxonomy and played major roles in creating both the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and United States Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (US GAAP) XBRL taxonomies. He was a major contributor to the following: XBRL 2.1 specification, XBRL Dimensions specification, Financial Reporting Taxonomies Architecture (FRTA), and Financial Reporting Instance Standards (FRIS). Prior to his involvement with XBRL, Charlie served as an auditor for what was then Price Waterhouse, financial officer for a number of companies, and an accounting software implementation consultant. In 1997, Charlie was the recipient of the AICPA Innovative User of Technology award. He was named by Accounting Technology magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the accounting profession. In 2006, Charlie received the AICPA Special Recognition Award for his pioneering role in the development of XBRL. Charlie is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University (BA and MBA), and in 2007, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from PLU for his efforts in creating XBRL. Currently, Charlie is Director of Innovative Solutions for UBmatrix LLC. He maintains a blog about XBRL at http://xbrl.squarespace.com.
Liv Apneseth Watson: Liv (New York City, New York, United States) is one of the founders of XBRL International and serves on the XBRL International Steering Committee and as Vice Chairman of XBRL International. She has also played a number of leadership roles with XBRL US. Currently, Liv is a member of the Board of Director of IRIS India Business Services Private Limited. Prior to joining IRIS, Liv was the Vice President of Global Strategy at EDGAR Online Inc. [NADAQ: EDGR] where she was responsible for developing EDGAR Online's International business development strategy. Liv has presented XBRL to a wide range of audiences, from international standards bodies to Fortune 1000 companies, and speaks with authority about its benefits, potential applications, and broad adoption. Liv authored one of IMA's most successful CPE courses, "Accounting System Technology for the 21st Century." She has also authored several published articles on future trends of the profession for international publications and journals, including Harvard Business Review and Strategic Finance and writes a monthly column of financial and business reporting trends for CPA2Biz.
Marc van Hilvoorde: Marc (Oosteind, Netherlands) is a Chartered Accountant (CA) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) in the Netherlands. He has performed duties in the fields of financial and IT auditing and consultancy work for PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG. His knowledge of XBRL and standards-based reporting has involved him in leading roles in some of the major XBRL implementations, including the Netherlands Taxonomy Project. As the technical project manager, Marc and his team were responsible for the development and delivery of the Dutch national taxonomy. Marc was involved in the development of XBRL as member of the XBRL International Standards Board, member of the IASCF XBRL Advisory Council, and past chair of the Rendering and Domain working groups. He's an important contributor to the public debate on the future of the accounting industry, audit innovation, and XBRL assurance.
Christine Tan, PhD: Christine (New York City, New York, United States) is a university professor of accounting and has taught at the University of Melbourne, Baruch College; City University of New York, New York University; and the Melbourne Business School. Christine has consulted with governments and industry and business executives on matters pertaining to financial reporting and financial analyses. Her research has been published in leading accounting journals and presented at conferences around the world. She was also a key player in the creation of the US GAAP XBRL taxonomy. Christine is currently an Assistant Professor in Accounting at Fordham University and a Principal of Tag-IT Financial Tagging, LLC, a firm that provides XBRL consulting.
Raynier van Egmond: Raynier (Vashon, Washington, United States) is an IT professional with more than 25 years of ICT development and design expertise in financial and manufacturing industries and research. He has been involved in the XBRL community since its inception in 1999, and he's been an active participant in development of the XBRL standard. Raynier contributed to and coauthored several parts of the XBRL specification and best-practices definitions. He managed development and deployment of XBRL solutions worldwide for the private, public, and nonprofit sector and national governments. He was the architect of the final version of the Dutch government Netherlands 2008 taxonomy and consulted as technical manager for the project responsible for quality assurance and its deployment. Through his company XBRL Consulting Partners, Raynier now works on developing XBRL solutions for the corporate social responsibility auditing process, with special interest in Triple Bottom Line accounting, and for the public sector information-supply chain management.
Eiichi Watanabe: Ed (Tokyo, Japan) is a member of XBRL International Steering Committee representing XBRL Japan jurisdiction. Ed served various leadership positions at XBRL Japan since the inception of XBRL Japan in April 2001. He's the first Japanese person exposed to the XBRL world at the Technology Briefing for Federal Government held in Washington, D.C., in May 2000. Currently, he's a Technology Advisor at Tokyo Shoko Research, Ltd., Japan's oldest business credit information company. He's been engaged in Information Technology and Business Intelligence industries in various capacity for more than 40 years since 1966. He edited and coauthored several books, including XML-based Business to Business Systems (published by Ohmsha). He was a visiting professor at the Center for Research in Advanced Financial Technology of Tokyo Institute of Technology during 2001–2005, where he was a core member of the project team demonstrating the use of XBRL in building credit risk information infrastructure. He also served as a lecturer in computer science at Chiba University during 1991 through 1998. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan University with a BS in physics.