Mark Ricketts

Mark Ricketts

Brigade Commander

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Service Resoration Manager at The Hartford

  • Education

    • U.S. Army War College

      1998 - 1999
      M.S. Strategic Planning

      Activities and Societies: Completion of Strategic Planning Masters Degree

    • The George Washington University

      1997 - 1998
      Project Management Masters Certificate

      One year multi business functions onsite program supported by George Washington staff to develop consistent Project Management processes across all business and support organizations.

    • Brigham Young University

      1968 - 1972
      BS Political Science/Organizational Behavior

      Activities and Societies: Samual Hall Society Ski Team 1968-1972 Captain 1972

    • Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School of Management

      1973 - 1975
      Master of Science (M.S.) Management
  • Experience

    • U.S. Army Reserve

      Jan 1974 - Jan 2004
      Brigade Commander

      I completed 30 years of diverse military experience including command and operational staff positions. Battalion Commander (3 years) Brigade Commander 6 years (two separate units), responsible for 425 and 234 personnel respectively.

    • The Hartford

      Jan 1979 - Jan 1997
      Director

      Director Customer Services Operations

    • The Hartford

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2012
      • Sr. Service Manager

        Jan 2003 - Jan 2012
      • Enterprise System Management Team Manager

        Jan 2000 - Jan 2003
    • The Hartford

      Jul 2012 - now

      Manager of the OMCC supporting to the Hartford application and infrastructure environments by way of a centralized team that addresses proactive incident avoidance via Command and Control; specific to the management of Sev1/Sev2, DR, and support of Network Operations. Ensure proper command and control structure executes with Sev1 level incidents at The Hartford. Enables strong mean time to service restoration of CRITICAL problems or problems that can reach a CRITICAL/SEV1 state. Ensure that the current and future service requirements of customers are identified, understood, and documented in Service Level Agreements (SLA)Ensure that targets are agreed to within underpinning contracts and SLA targetsParticipate in reviews associated with SLA on a predetermined basisOveral responsibility for ensuring accurate and timely data, as well as measurement reports, are regularly reviewed

      • Service Resoration Manager

        Sept 1979 - now
      • Manager Operation Management Command Center

        Jan 2016 - now
      • Service Restoration Manager

        Jul 2014 - now
      • Service Level Manager

        Jul 2012 - Jul 2014
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Project Management

      The George Washington University
      Aug 1998