IDEMIA Announces Appointment of Jim Bottorff Chief Financial Officer for North America

Bottorff Brings Significant Leadership in Financial Management

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Jul 10, 2018, 15:25 ET

BILLERICA, Mass., July 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, today 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 twelve years at General Dynamics, a global aerospace and defense company, where he led a 100+ person finance organization for the Information Technology division with revenues that exceed $1.7 billion. He successfully led the organization through acquisitions and integrations, strategic changes to ensure profitable growth, and actively implemented new measures and reporting to meet the organization's needs. Prior to his twelve 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 fulfill 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."

About IDEMIA
OT-Morpho is now IDEMIA™, the global leader in Augmented Identity™ for an increasingly digital world, with the ambition to empower citizens and consumers alike to interact, pay, connect, travel and vote in ways that are now possible in a connected environment.

Securing our identity has become mission critical in the world we live in today. By standing for Augmented Identity, we reinvent the way we think, produce, use and protect this asset, whether for individuals or for objects. We ensure privacy and trust as well as guarantee secure, authenticated and verifiable transactions for international clients from Financial, Telecom, Identity, Public Security and IoT sectors.

OT (Oberthur Technologies) and Safran Identity & Security (Morpho) have joined forces to form IDEMIA. With close to $3 billion in revenues and 14,000 employees around the world, IDEMIA serves clients in 180 countries.