Chris Gerritz

Chris joined Datto through the 2022 acquisition of Infocyte, Inc., a detection and response technology company. As co-founder of Infocyte, he led the company from its inception as chief executive and head of product.

From a decade of military service, Chris draws on both leadership and deep technical experience serving as a cryptographic systems maintainer, cyber warfare officer and pilot. In his final assignment, Chris established the U.S. Air Force’s elite Defensive Counter-Cyber (DCC) practice. In this role, he led a team of 28 operators tasked with finding, tracking, and neutralizing state-sponsored threats on the Air Force’s $2B, 800k node enterprise network.

Chris holds a B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Oregon State University.