Chris Gerda serves as the head of risk and fraud prevention overseeing the Paymode-X B2B payment network for Bottomline Technologies. He is responsible for overall anti-fraud strategy and technology initiatives to maintain the security of $200 billion in payments within the 400,000+ network membership base.

Prior to joining Bottomline, Chris served as the Bank Secrecy Act Manager at Pershing LLC, the largest Broker-Dealer Clearing Firm in the United States. He has managed investigations of complex financial crime schemes and money laundering internationally and previously served in a senior investigative role in Anti-Money Laundering at the Bank of New York Mellon. Chris is a former police officer and is a United States Army Veteran. He holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Plymouth State University and a M.S. in Fraud and Forensics from Carlow University.