The advisory board includes the following industry veterans:
WILLIAM M. ("BILL") AUSTIN
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Austin joined Key Energy Services in July 2004 as an advisor to the Chief Executive and was promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Austin served as Chief Restructuring Officer of Northwestern Corporation from 2003 to 2004. Mr. Austin has also served as Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Operations, of Cable & Wireless/Exodus Communications from 2001 to 2002 and as Chief Financial Officer of BMC Software from 1997 to 2001. Prior to that, Mr. Austin spent nearly six years at McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, serving most recently as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and eighteen years at Bankers Trust Company.
OWEN BOBELDYK
Managing Director and Founder
19 Degrees PTY LTD
Australia
Owen manages a consulting firm that specializes in the integration of Business Information Systems with Business Improvement Initiatives, primarily focused on the mining industry in Australia and Western Europe. Previously he spent a number of years with BHPBilliton, where he became a six-sigma black belt in business improvement and managed a number of business improvement projects. He also founded a community of practice within the BHPBilliton group of businesses, which grew to be the largest and most successful community of practice within BHPBilliton.
Owen has also worked for Western Mining Corporation, Nabalco Alumina, Redsion Gold and Leads and Northrup.
DIANNE LEDINGHAM
Partner
Bain & Company
USA
Dianne Ledingham is a partner in the Boston office. She is a leader in Bain’s Technology, Media and Telecom practice areas. She also leads Bain’s NA Sales Force Effectiveness efforts as part of the Customer Strategy and Marketing Practice area. Dianne joined Bain as a consultant in 1990, was elected to Vice President/Partner in 1997 and to Director in 2004.
Over her tenure with Bain & Company, Dianne has worked in a variety of technology, media, and telecom industries. Examples of her recent assignments include growth strategies for enterprise software, IT Services, network equipment, semi-test equipment companies and cable providers, merger integration for mobile device and information management companies, operational improvement assignments in publishing, and sales force effectiveness improvements across several technology companies.
Dianne earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School with distinction. She is a graduate of Brown University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering with honors.
ROY J. WILSON
Executive
Russell Reynolds
USA
Roy has a leadership role for the IT and HR practices in North America for Russell Reynolds, a premier executive recruitment firm. Previously, Roy was Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Information Technology for Allergan, Inc. Allergan is a global specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company. Prior to joining Allergan in 2004, Roy was president of a management consulting firm focused on providing human capital management and corporate turnaround/restructuring expertise for technology companies.
Roy has also worked with companies such as BMC Software, Compaq Computer Corporation, Schlumberger, Grand Metropolitan and Texas Instruments. His work has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, Human Resource Executive and other publications. Roy has served on the Boards of the following companies and organizations: Greater Dallas Partnership, Voyagen, ReservationSource.com, The College of Business Administration at the University of Houston, and the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University.