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Feb 252025
 

D&K is pleased to announce that Leslie Fillion has been promoted to Vice President of Business Operations. In her new role, Leslie will continue to serve as D&K’s Business Manager.

Leslie, who holds a bachelor’s in finance from Boston College, joined a brokerage service company in 1998 immediately following college. She transitioned to a computer corporation several years later, where she was rapidly promoted to Vice President of Accounting & Finance. In 2007, Leslie left to start her own accounting consulting business, serving as an outsourced controller for small businesses throughout southern New Hampshire.

In 2009, she joined Yeaton Associates. During her 14-year tenure with Yeaton, Leslie helped facilitate the opening and expansion of the firm’s Bedford office, eventually serving as president of Yeaton MEP for three years, overseeing the operational side of the firm, including accounting, human resources, marketing, team management, and overall business strategy.

Since joining D&K, Leslie has worked closely with others to ensure Yeaton’s smooth integration into D&K. She has also focused on learning everything she can about D&K’s financial and administrative systems. Her responsibilities include contract administration, insurance procurement, negotiation, and administration. She also focuses on property management, office locations, and physical space needs and assists with strategic business opportunities.

Leslie is continually developing ways for D&K to improve in efficiency. Her recent contributions include establishing procedures for contract review, providing language for corporate policies and procedures, and lending a strong voice to insurance negotiations. She brings a “can-do” attitude and out-of-the-box, fresh perspectives to D&K’s management and operations.

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Jan 092025
 

D&K is proud to announce that Justin Vertichio has been promoted to Vice President of Finance. This promotion stems from Justin’s ongoing outstanding performance as Controller of our firm—a position he continues to hold—and much more.

Justin has a bachelor’s in accounting from St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue, New York, and a master’s in accounting with a concentration in taxation from Southern New Hampshire University. After college, Justin moved to Colorado, where he provided operational accounting services to the mining industry for several years.

In 2018, Justin moved to Vermont, where he joined the firm of Fothergill, Segale & Valley CPAs (FSV) in Montpelier as a Senior Accountant preparing tax returns, compiling financial statements, and handling audit engagements. He quickly realized his future lay elsewhere and transitioned to D&K in September of 2019.

Since his arrival at D&K, Justin has focused on learning everything involved in maintaining and strengthening the financial health of a mid-sized professional services consulting firm in the Northeast. Shortly after his arrival, the pandemic hit, which pushed D&K (and many businesses) to navigate unchartered financial and operational waters. Justin threw himself into the effort wholeheartedly, working long hours with CFO John Baumann to investigate options and develop solutions to ensure D&K not only survived but lost no ground during that challenging time.

In addition to his deep commitment to our financial health and success, Justin has brought a determination to make improvements in many areas of the firm. He was key to spearheading our transition to new payroll and human resources management software, Paycom, in 2022. He has developed deep expertise in our Unanet software and is always looking for ways to expand its use. Despite a schedule that is beyond full, he never tires of coaching others to improve their Unanet skill sets as well.

Justin has been a staunch supporter of moving D&K into the 21st century by migrating us solidly into the cloud in nearly every area. He added a cloud-based platform option to our Unanet subscription and is planning improvements to our purchasing processes and our project creation and management systems. He is supportive of developing systems that improve our efficiency in pursuing new work and our record-keeping.

Justin leads and directs the financial operations and processes of the firm’s cash flow, including payroll and accounts receivable and payable. He oversees an Accounting Department of six full- and part-time team members. He is responsible for preparing D&K’s financial statements and reports for the Board of Directors, coordinating with external auditors annually, communicating with the firm’s bankers, and establishing and overseeing our annual budget. He monitors the firm’s profitability and tax position. Justin brings the necessary training, skills, and experience to address our financial future as D&K grows in size and expands geographically.

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Dec 132024
 

DuBois & King (D&K) is excited to announce that Alan S. Gould, PE, has been named Chief Executive Officer of the firm. The departing Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey Tucker, PE, has stepped down following 16 years in the leadership position but will remain on the firm’s Board of Directors.

Alan has more than 35 years of experience that includes designing and implementing electrical systems for governmental, commercial, industrial, and institutional clients. Alan earned his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Vermont in 1989. Early in his career, he served as president and operations manager of the Gould Corporation, a mid-sized electrical contracting company in Stowe. He then spent several years at Dynapower in South Burlington designing and supervising the construction of high-voltage transformers, and he is a co-patent-holder of ultrahigh-efficiency transformer technology. 

Alan joined Pearson & Associates as a senior electrical engineer in 1999 and eventually became the president and majority shareholder. In 2018, D&K acquired Pearson, and Alan was promoted to lead D&K’s Building Services Division shortly thereafter. He has served as the firm’s executive vice president since December 2023. Alan remains excited and bullish about D&K’s future and is committed to the success of the employees-owners of D&K. His leadership and mentoring abilities have flourished since he joined the firm and his responsibilities at D&K have been steadily expanding. Alan is a hard worker and has earned the respect of people throughout the firm.

As CEO of D&K, Alan will lead the firm’s strategic growth and oversee D&K’s executive team responsible for the overall management and direction of the employee-owned professional services firm. 

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Dec 062024
 

D&K is pleased to announce that John Baumann has been named Chairman of the DuBois & King Board of Directors. This appointment is the culmination of John’s distinguished 43-year tenure at D&K.

John has served as a senior managing partner and D&K’s vice president and chief financial officer for more than two decades. As a teenager, John worked at D&K part-time cleaning the water quality laboratory and producing blueprints. In May 1989, following graduation from Norwich University with Bachelors of Science in economics and business administration, John joined D&K full time as a staff accountant. Within five years, he was promoted to controller, at that time, the senior-most financial position in the company.

In 2005, following significant investment in D&K, John was elected to the Board of Directors, and in 2008, he was elevated to chief financial officer of DuBois & King, just in time for the arrival of the great recession. As a principal and as CFO, he played a key role in guiding the company through the recession, meeting commitments to the firm’s creditors while protecting jobs. Although many companies endured several rounds of layoffs as they fought to survive the recession, John’s meticulous and strategic leadership—in concert with that of his fellow principals—ensured DuBois & King did not lay off a single employee during the financial downturn.

John’s leadership has been instrumental in D&K’s steady growth and success. When John and his partners assumed control of the company in 2008, the firm employed 64 people and operated in three offices in two states. Despite navigating the recession followed by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, D&K now has more than 160 staff around nine offices in four states.

John was elected as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors in 2016. Over the last two decades, he has steadfastly focused on retiring DuBois & King’s debt burden while balancing the cash flow demands placed on a company bound to invest in sustainable growth and remain locally owned.

John’s successful financial strategies and ethical leadership have not gone unrecognized outside of D&K. In November 2024, the White River Valley Chamber of Commerce named John as the Business Executive of the Year for 2024. His selection for this honor was based on his professional success and exemplary contributions to D&K’s growth, vitality, financial health, success, and sustainability.

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Jun 012021
 
Andrew Hoak, portrait, geologic map

Andrew Hoak, PE, PG, has been promoted to Director of DuBois & King’s Environmental Services Division. Andy is a hydrogeologist and civil engineer working on dam rehabilitation and removal, stormwater, water quality enhancement, hazardous material remediation, and civil engineering, including water sourcing, slope protection, and on-site wastewater disposal systems. He also enjoys agricultural water quality projects and is a Natural Resources Conservation Service Technical Service Provider in New York and Vermont. He is currently supporting projects in New York, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Virginia, and West Virginia. 

Andy’s objectives include growing the division and expanding the range of environmental services DuBois & King offers. For decades, DuBois & King’s Environmental Services division has provided local, state, and federal permitting support and all phases of NEPA documentation assistance and wetlands services. Under Andy’s direction, the firm has expanded staffing in the areas of botany and wildlife, including bat habitat evaluation. 

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