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Vice President, Information Services
 
Mark Hilbush

"Business continuity planning is a major undertaking. We changed the name of this initiative from ‘Disaster Recovery’ to focus efforts on keeping the business consistently running in any situation - not just a disaster. We’ve found that centralization and standardization are essential components in business continuity."

 
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Mark Hilbush is the Information Services (I.S.) Corporate Repository & Architecture (CRA) Portfolio Manager. Mark is responsible for Enterprise Architecture, Corporate Repositories, Business Continuity, and IT Standards for UPS worldwide.

In March 1987, Mark began his UPS career as a Senior Analyst at Roadnet Technologies, Inc. in Timonium, MD; Roadnet was eventually consolidated with UPS I.S. in 1995. Mark held several positions of increasing responsibility and in 1993, joined the Customer Technology Portfolio, where he was responsible for UPS OnLine Professional, UPS’s first Windows-based desktop shipping system. In December 1996, Mark assumed responsibility for UPS’s public Internet site, UPS.com. During the eight years in which he was responsible for UPS.com, UPS’s Internet presence dramatically changed the way customers interact with UPS. Applications such as Package Tracking, Internet Shipping, CampusShip, MyUPS, On Call Pickup and OnLine Tools gave customers unprecedented levels of access to UPS information and services.

Mark was promoted to Applications Manager in September 2005, and was responsible for the systems that support the operation of UPS domestic and international package operations, as well as its automated ground hubs. In this capacity, he was responsible for Package Flow Technology, Automated Package Sorting Systems, Package Planning Systems, Scanning Systems and International Operations Systems.

Mark has more than 25 years experience in the field of information technology. Prior to joining UPS, Mark held a variety of software development positions at a U.S. defense contracting firm and a telecommunications firm.

A native of Shamokin, PA, Mark received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA. He also studied Computer Science at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., with concentrations in telecommunications and artificial intelligence.