Posted By: Janine BillIDEMIA has announced the appointment of Jim Bottorff as chief financial officer for North America.Before joining IDEMIA, Mr Bottorff was division chief financial officer and vice president of Finance for 12 years at General Dynamics, a global aerospace and defence company, where he led a 100+ person finance organisation for the Information Technology division with revenues that exceeded US$1.7 billion. Prior to his 12 years at General Dynamics, he held management roles in finance at Anteon, a systems integration company acquired by General Dynamics, Techmatics, a technology and engineering services company acquired by Anteon, and General Electric. Mr Bottorff has nearly 30 years of experience in finance for businesses providing products and services to both federal and civilian clients."I am delighted to join IDEMIA with its leadership in identity authentication in both the physical and digital worlds," said Bottorff. "I look forward to building upon its strong financial foundation to drive further growth and industry-defining innovation.""I am excited to welcome Jim to the team. Jim brings the finance vision, strategy and leadership to fulfil our mission of becoming the foremost provider of secure identity solutions in North America." said Ed Casey, chief executive officer, Identity & Security, N.A. "His proven record of financial leadership will make him a tremendous asset to our team."