Chris Gerritz
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Infocyte
Chris Gerritz is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Infocyte, Inc., developer of the only agentless detection and incident response solution. Chris is a pioneer in defensive cyberspace operations, having established the US Air Force's elite Defensive Counter Cyber practice. From a decade of military service, Chris draws on both leadership and deep technical experience serving in various roles such as cryptographic systems maintainer, cyber warfare officer, and Air Force pilot. Prior to co-founding Infocyte, Chris served as the Air Force CERT's first Chief of DCC Operations. In this role, he led a team of elite operators and analysts tasked with finding, tracking, and neutralizing state-sponsored threats on the Air Force's $2 billion, 800,000-node enterprise network. He personally conducted and/or oversaw 350+ adversarial hunt, rapid response, and threat engagement missions on networks throughout the world. Chris holds a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering from Oregon State University.