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Los Angeles, California, February 26, 2004 - Docufide, Inc., provider
of Secure Transcript™ for the electronic delivery of student
transcripts, today announced Mr. D. Van Skilling and Mr. William
Schaff have been appointed to its Board of Directors. The veteran
executives also invested in Docufide's series A funding which closed
in August, 2003. Docufide's President and CEO, Mr. John Reese, who
is Chairman of the Board, appointed them.
Docufide intends to modernize how the education community shares
student records, saving schools significant time and money. While
schools now store student records in electronic formats, most of
the 35 million high school and college transcripts that exchange
hands each year still are sent through the mail. Docufide's initial
product offering will enable a nationwide, secure, electronic transcript-delivery
process.
Mr. Skilling retired as Chairman and CEO of Experian (formerly known
at TRW Information Systems & Services) in 1999. Experian is
a leading global supplier of consumer and business credit information,
direct marketing and transaction-processing services. Based in Orange
County, CA, its 11,000 employees generated sales of approximately
$1.6 billion in fiscal year 1999. A 26-year veteran of TRW, Skilling
was EVP/GM of its Information Systems and Services Group prior to
the Experian spin-off.
"I'm pleased to serve on Docufide's Board. I've known John
for 15 years. It's rare to find a person like John who repeatedly
has seen a huge market inefficiency and created a compelling business
to fix it. Docufide, by enabling student records to flow digitally,
can help our nation’s schools operate more efficiently and
will open up new applications not previously feasible,” said
Mr. Skilling.
Mr. Schaff is Co-founder, President and Chief Investment Officer
for Bay Isle Financial LLC, which manages approximately $1.1 billion
in assets for institutions and individuals. Schaff co-manages the
Large Cap Value Institutional Portfolio, Janus Advisor Small Cap
Value Fund, and the Janus World US REIT Fund. He currently
serves as a Board member for iTradeNetwork, a leading supply
chain and procurement software company for the perishable food industry
and is on the advisory board for DocuLabs, a leading Chicago-based
technology consulting firm.
"Docufide's business model is very smart and puts the company
on a pretty fast track to revenue and profitability," said
Mr. Schaff. "This company is the first I’ve seen to put
all the pieces together to bring real value to the education market
while creating a defensible category position."
About Docufide, Inc.
Docufide’s initial service offering, Secure Transcript, manages
the ordering, processing and secure delivery of official transcripts
to student-designated colleges and universities. It’s free
to high schools and colleges and saves them significant time and
money by eliminating tedious paper-based processing. Secure Transcript
provides students with the ability to place orders 24/7, notification
when their transcripts are sent, and (if received electronically)
received. Docufide, Inc. was founded in October, 2002 and is headquartered
in Los Angeles, CA. For more information, visit www.docufide.com.
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