Burrtech programmers initially developed the eTransmittal document transfer and management tool for a client – a mid-sized engineering firm – that desperately needed a technology tool to help them send and manage roughly 400 drawings per month. The firm was using a manual ftp site to send documents. And because ftp sites have no tracking functions, this engineering firm was handling document tracking using extraordinarily complicated Excel spreadsheets that were managed by each project manager. "It made my head hurt just looking at how they were trying to track everything manually," recalled Burrtech President Justin Culver.
To help this client streamline its operations, Culver and Burrtech programmers developed the first prototype of eTransmittal. Once it was up and running, other companies coming into contact with the engineering company started asking if they could use eTransmittal for their document transmission and document management needs. When this started happening frequently, it became clear that the product was needed by many other organizations, and thus, eTransmittal was "product-ized" and re-developed as a Web-based application for wider use.
In 2008, Burrtech's CEO purchased the company's office space in the Denver Tech Center. In 2009 and 2010, the company was named one of the "Fastest Growing Private Companies" by The Denver Business Journal. In 2010, Burrtech formally launched eTransmittal as a Web application.