Unicode provides a unique number for every character, no matter what the platform, program, or language is.

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Unicode Consortium

Unicode Consortium's headquarters in Mountain View, CA, United States

Toral Cowieson

Mark Davis

Anne Gundelfinger

John Tinsley

Manuela Giese

Brent Getlin

Tim Brandall

Teresa Marshall

Annemarie Apple

Cathy Wissink

David Rowe

Kulpreet Chilana

Salvatore Giammarresi

Bob Jung

The Technical Development Team at the Unicode Consortium is responsible for advancing the implementation and standardization of Unicode specifications, ensuring consistency in character encoding across different platforms and languages. They oversee technical initiatives, manage releases, and facilitate collaboration among various subcommittees, including those focused on emoji, internationalization, and localization, to enhance global communication and accessibility.

Technical Development Team

This department oversees strategic direction and decision-making within the organization.

Leadership

The Leadership Team at the Unicode Consortium is responsible for setting the strategic direction and vision of the organization. Comprising key executives including the CEO, CTOs, and legal counsel, this team oversees the development and implementation of standards for character encoding, ensuring collaboration among technical committees and promoting the universal acceptance of Unicode standards across diverse platforms and languages. Their leadership fosters innovation and guides the consortium in addressing global challenges related to text representation.

Leadership Team

The Legal and Governance Team at the Unicode Consortium is responsible for overseeing compliance with legal standards, developing governance policies, and ensuring the integrity of the Unicode Standard. They address legal challenges related to character encoding and emoji usage while facilitating collaboration among various working groups to maintain transparency and accountability in decision-making processes.

Legal and Governance Team

The Unicode and Language Standardization Team at the Unicode Consortium focuses on the development and maintenance of character encoding standards and linguistic data. This team collaborates with linguists and technical experts to ensure accurate representation of languages, dialects, and cultural nuances in the Unicode system, fostering global communication and accessibility across digital platforms.

Unicode and Language Standardization Team

This department oversees the strategic direction and governance processes of the organization.

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Unicode Consortium

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Board & advisors

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Technical Development Team

Leadership

Leadership Team

Legal and Governance Team

Unicode and Language Standardization Team

Board Governance

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