BARBERTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2001--Babcock & Wilcox
(B&W) announces the following personnel appointments:
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David L. Keller is named executive vice president of The
Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W). He replaces James F. Wood, who
resigned as president. Keller previously served as senior vice
president, Service Group, at the company's Barberton
headquarters. From 1997 until earlier this year, he was
president, Diamond Power International, Inc., based in
Lancaster, Ohio.
Keller, who joined B&W in 1978, has held various positions of
increasing responsibility in the company's Corporate Materials
& Transportation, Corporate Planning & Controls, and
Replacement Parts departments, as well as in the company's
former TLT-Babcock unit. In 1993 he was appointed general
manager of Sales & Service for B&W subsidiary Diamond Power
Specialty Company, and was named general manager of the
company's Allen-Sherman-Hoff division in 1995. Most recently
he was president of Diamond Power International, Inc., a
position he held for the last four years. He holds a
bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Akron.
Bethards most recently was vice president and general manager
of Global Sales & Service. He first joined B&W in 1970 as a
field service engineer for the Fossil Power Division.
Following a series of increasingly more responsible positions,
he was named district engineer for the Middle South District
in 1980. He was named Sales & Service general manager of the
Southwest Region in 1983 and of the South Region in 1987. In
1992, he left B&W to become president and chief operating
officer, Kvaerner Pulping Inc., and president and chairman of
the board, Kvaerner Pulping Ltd. until 1996, when he returned
to B&W as vice president of Business Development. A graduate
of the University of Illinois with a bachelor of science
degree in industrial engineering, he is a registered
Professional Engineer in Texas and is a member of TAPPI
(Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry).
Competti joined Diamond Power full-time in 1987 as an engineer
in its Industrial Engineering department. She held various
positions within Industrial Engineering and Contracts before
being appointed manager of Customer Service for Diamond's
replacement parts business. In 1997, she was named general
manager of Diamond's and Allen-Sherman-Hoff's aftermarket
businesses, a position she held until this most recent
appointment. She holds a bachelor's degree in industrial
engineering from the University of Cincinnati and a master's
in business administration from Ohio University.
Langley first joined B&W in 1973 as a field engineer. He held
increasingly more responsible positions in field service prior
to being named district engineer for the Denver district in
1981 and regional service manager of the West Region in 1984.
In 1992, he was named general manager of utility projects,
responsible for the marketing, proposal development and
project management of retrofit projects for electric
utilities. He served as plant manager for the company's
manufacturing facility in West Point, Miss., prior to being
named to his most recent position, director of Field
Engineering Services, in 1997. A graduate of the University of
Illinois with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering
and with a master's in business administration from Ashland
University (Ohio), Langley is a member of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers, Air and Waste Management Association,
and TAPPI.
B&W subsidiary Diamond Power International, Inc.
(www.diamondpower.com) is the leading supplier of boiler cleaning and
diagnostic equipment and services to the global power generation
industry.
The Babcock & Wilcox Company is a subsidiary of McDermott
International, Inc., (NYSE:MDR), a leading worldwide energy services
company. McDermott subsidiaries manufacture steam-generating
equipment, environmental equipment, and products for the U.S.
government. They also provide engineering and construction services
for industrial, utility and hydrocarbon processing facilities, and to
the offshore oil and natural gas industries.
Babcock & Wilcox is located on the Internet at www.babcock.com.
Journalists will find company news, fact sheets, and industry links at
http://www.babcock.com/pgg/pr/pressroom.html.
Though there are many companies that contain the name Babcock, the
U.S.-based Babcock & Wilcox is the original, founded by George Babcock
and Stephen Wilcox in 1867.
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above, please contact mmkubick@babcock.com
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