# John Reese

> John Reese is a Los Angeles-based technology entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of MyDocs. Identified in his current biography as a founder of Docufide, now Parchment by Instructure, he was appointed Docufide CEO at its June 2003 incorporation. His career includes Apollo telemetry programming, Citicorp self-service banking systems, and executive roles at TRW. His current work applies OCR and AI to convert academic transcripts into structured data for admissions.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at MyDocs Inc.
- **Organizations:** MyDocs Inc., Docufide / Parchment, Citicorp, TRW Financial Systems
- **Education:** The City College of New York
- **Known for:** Helped develop Citicorp self-service banking, home banking, and pay-at-the-pump systems., Led Docufide during its early electronic transcript exchange expansion; the company reported serving more than 4,000 schools by November 2009., Founded MyDocs to turn academic transcript images into structured profiles.

## Career timeline

- **1968** — Recounts working as an assembly-language programmer on Apollo telemetry and receiving a cost-savings award for reducing unnecessary processing.
- **1975** — Designed and launched self-service banking technology at Citicorp, including ATMs.
- **1990–1994** — Served as group vice president and president of TRW Financial Systems, according to his career biography.
- **2003-06** — Appointed CEO when Docufide, Inc. incorporated; current biography identifies him as a founder.
- **2005** — Docufide secured its first statewide contract, in Indiana.
- **2011** — Docufide became Parchment; Matthew Pittinsky took over as CEO. Reese subsequently served as executive chairman and director.
- **2024** — Publicly announced the launch of MyDocs.Global, applying OCR and AI to transcript data.
- **2025-09** — Described FirstLook student review and confirmation of machine-extracted academic profiles.
- **2026-02** — Published I Dream, arguing for standardized academic data and institution-controlled evaluation.

## Achievements

- Helped develop Citicorp self-service banking, home banking, and pay-at-the-pump systems.
- Led Docufide during its early electronic transcript exchange expansion; the company reported serving more than 4,000 schools by November 2009.
- Founded MyDocs to turn academic transcript images into structured profiles.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Published I Dream on February 24, connecting Apollo-era processing work with his ambition for standardized academic profiles.
- **2025-09** — Published FirstLook - now with self-service confirmation on September 15, describing student review, logged edits, and preservation of the original transcript.

## Links

- Website: https://mydocs.global/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thereesegroup

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Last updated: 2026-10-25