Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 27, 2003
JUSTIN S. KITCH co-founded Homestead Technologies, inc., in October
1997, to provide consumers with the easiest and most powerful way to
create a presence on the Web. Homestead evolved from his first company,
KartoffelSoft, which he co-founded in 1994 to develop FUNdaMENTAL, a
children's programming language based on his honors thesis project at
Stanford University. Mr. Kitch's previous roles include: program manager
for new product creation in the Kid's Software Group at Microsoft Corp.,
software designer at Trilogy Development Group in Austin, Texas, and
graduate teaching assistant in Computer Science at Stanford. He also
serves on the Board of Directors of Virtual Village Inc. He maintains an
active interest in philanthropy and has been an enthusiastic participant
in the Friends for Youth mentoring program, Habitat for Humanity and
Creative Adventures Learning Center, and serves on the board of Family
PC's 100 Wired Schools. Mr. Kitch holds a BS degree in Science,
Technology and Society from Stanford University. Profile
Technologies and a picture of things you're doing at the present time?
Mr. Kitch: Homestead was founded in 1998 as a way to
