BIO-key International, Inc. announced that Jim Skidmore, has joined BIO-key and has been appointed Senior Vice President of Global Sales. Before joining BIO-key, Jim was Vice President of the Solutions Group with Encode. Jim's responsibilities at BIO-key include driving revenue, managing, expanding and the further development of the sales team with a primary focus in identity and access management and the healthcare and market.

Jim, will also manage the BIO-key sales partner network with the objective of leveraging his existing relationships and adding new ones to the channel.