Prior to his retirement in 2024, Mr. Montgomery most recently served as First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, overseeing critical initiatives, including the $700 million FedNow Service program. From October 2021 to June 2022, Mr. Montgomery served as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. During the majority of his time in the Federal Reserve Bank system, Mr. Montgomery occupied positions that included oversight of technology groups and systems, including 18 years where Mr. Montgomery served as Executive Vice President and Federal Reserve System Chief Technology Officer based out of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Mr. Montgomery previously served as an executive committee member of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, chair of the Boston Private Industry Council Boston's workforce development board, and as an executive committee member of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau. Mr. Montgomery also serves as a national advisory board member and past vice chair of the Advanced Cyber Security Center, a nonprofit consortium made up of industry, university, and government organizations, and is a former member of the Massachusetts Cyber Security Council.