Justin Kitch is the founder and former CEO of Homestead (acquired by Intuit in 2007, now marketed at Intuit Websites), an Internet company launched in 1998 to help small businesses and organizations easily create a web presence. Over 13 million people have built Homestead websites since its inception. Before Homestead, Justin started KartoffelSoft Inc., an educational software company based on his university honors thesis, a programming language for children named FUNdaMENTAL. FUNdaMENTAL is still used in classrooms around the world, helping to teach basic problem solving and critical thinking skills to thousands of elementary and middle school students in over 50 countries. All proceeds from FUNdaMENTAL go to the Homestead Foundation, a non-for-profit that has now given over $2,000,000 to organizations and causes that are important to the Homestead community of employees and customers.

Justin is a graduate of Stanford University, with a B.S. in Science, Technology and Society, and is currently advising and investing in new startups, and in the process of launching his next company.