Mark Chamberlin

Mark A. Chamberlin is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation (DKM), a privately held, family-owned international holding company headquartered in Poughkeepsie, New York. He previously served the firm as Vice President, Strategic Planning & Operations before advancing into the senior finance leadership role, giving him experience across both the operational and financial sides of DKM's portfolio businesses.

DKM's leadership team is described as having backgrounds in accounting, finance, and consulting, with prior experience at companies such as Esterline Corporation, AboveNet, GE Capital, and Towers Watson. Chamberlin sits alongside a compact executive group that includes Christopher C. Dyson (Chairman & CEO), Michael J. Harris (President & COO), Zachary Carr (VP, Planning & Acquisitions), and Robert R. Dyson (Chairman Emeritus). As CFO, he oversees the corporate finance function of a group that acquires and actively manages operating companies with its own capital.

The firm itself was founded in 1954 by Charles H. Dyson, who is credited by Forbes as a "father of the leveraged buyout" after acquiring the Hubbard Co. with bank financing and roughly $8,000 of his own money. DKM remains wholly owned by the Dyson family and, unburdened by outside limited partners, positions itself as a long-term, patient owner rather than a fund with a fixed exit clock.

• Acquires control positions in established, profitable operating companies — both new "platform" holdings and add-on acquisitions that strengthen existing platforms.
• Platform criteria (per DKM's own strategy page): sales volume in excess of $50 million, EBITDA margins of 10% or higher, consistent historical profitability, strong cash generation, experienced management in place, and defensible market positions.
• Invests only its own capital plus committed bank credit facilities, allowing it to close "without the need for a financing contingency."
• Emphasizes a long-term ownership horizon — as a private, family-owned company it defines and implements its own strategic goals "unburdened by external investor pressures."
• Positions itself as a sensitive, credible buyer of family-owned businesses, understanding the succession and legacy issues owner-managers face when selling.