Peter Justen is a GovTech entrepreneur and technology executive with a track record of building and scaling high-growth companies across financial services, data analytics, and government technology. He is the founder and CEO of AmeriTrust Solutions, where he leads efforts to modernize public benefits administration through data-driven technology.
Prior to AmeriTrust Solutions, Peter launched a technology company, based in Boulder Colorado, growing it from 4 employees to over 500 in 30 months with over 1400 channel partners, mortgage banking operation that originated more than $1.8 billion in loans in just 18 month and later co-founded a financial services firm that grew to more than 1,100 alliance partners before its successful acquisition by a publicly traded company. He has successfully developed entrepreneurial ecosystems designed to generate jobs as a method to boost local economies for local and state governments, and advised the nation of South Africa on developing entrepreneurial economies.
Peter has briefed the Department of Commerce, the Federal Reserve Bank, and members of Congress, and his work has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Inc., Entrepreneur, and FOX News Radio. He has been recognized as one of Smart CEO Magazine’s “20 Leaders We Admire” and internationally as a “shining example of U.S. innovation.