Dane Hurtubise, CEO and founder of JobSpice, graduated from the Electrical Engineering department at the University of Texas at Austin.

Six months after graduation, an idea emerged. Due to the current state of the economy, Dane started receiving countless resumes from friends requesting his input and formatting help.  Dane, being from an engineering background, began to think of how he could build a tool to help his friends.  The idea started to take shape and with the support of his friend Andrew McCollum, a Harvard graduate and one of the original founders of Facebook, the idea became a product, JobSpice.

The two worked on the idea for about three months before being accepted and funded by the prestigious venture firm, Y Combinator. They moved to Silicon Valley, spent an entire summer working and launched to the general public in August of 2009.

The final product became a surprisingly easy-to-use online resume builder. Changing styles, managing different resumes for different employers, and creating web-based and PDF versions takes only a few clicks. The team plans to expand quickly from job-seekers to employers and recruiters addressing some of the challenges faced by HR departments.  The company is currently located in Austin, Texas.

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