CV – Aleck Tan

Registry of Professional Archaeologists #18222

EDUCATION
East Carolina University (ECU) | Greenville, NC | August 2017 – May 2020
Master of Arts in Maritime Studies, 4.0 GPA

Humboldt State University (HSU) | Arcata, CA | August 2013 – December 2016
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with a concentration in Archaeology, 3.94 GPA, Summa Cum Laude
Minors in Geospatial Analysis and Scientific Diving

SKILLS
GIS data collection using GPS technologies, maps, notes
GIS database management, ArcGIS, and Google Earth
ArcPy, ModelBuilder, and Python
Adobe Acrobat, MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint
Organized, flexible, detail-oriented
Research, critical thinking, and task management
Oral, visual, and written communication
Independent and works well with a team

WORK EXPERIENCE

Archaeologist/GIS Specialist | Pacific Legacy, Inc., Berkeley ,CA | September 2022 – present
• Work collaboratively with fellow staff members to produce figures for reports and GIS deliverables
• Research, write and analyze archaeological data sufficient to produce high quality reports and records
• Provide organizational, archaeological, and administrative support to project managers and archaeologists
• Post-process and manage GIS data collected from fieldwork
• Prepare maps for reports and DPR 523 forms using ArcGIS Pro

GIS Specialist, Contractor | RECON Offshore | November 2020 – present
• Create and manage geodatabases of archeological resources using ArcGIS and MS Excel
• Develop data management and processing tools in ArcGIS using ArcPy, Python, and ModelBuilder
• Georeference aerial and satellite imagery using ArcGIS
• Create archaeological site and survey maps using ArcGIS for reports in short deadlines

Office Manager and GIS Manager | Cultural Resources Facility, Cal Poly Humboldt | December 2021 – September 2022
• Organize and coordinate office schedules, operations and procedures for organizational effectiveness and efficiency
• Supervise and coordinate 15 student employees, interns, and volunteers’ projects and schedules
• Provide general support and provide orientation and training of project processes to 40 students and staff members
• Manage social media, website, and public outreach efforts
• Manage and maintain office equipment, service contracts, technology, and telecommunication/IT requests
• Create, document, and communicate processes to manage data, shared file databases, and geodatabases
• Coordinate equipment, data, and GIS needs for archaeological field crews
• Communicate with field crews to ensure efficiency and organization in data collection and management using paperwork and FieldMaps
• Develop and manage GIS team and project plans including defining requirements and tasks
• Provide GIS-related technical guidance and assistance to project teams, field crews and GIS team members
• Prepare ArcGIS and FieldMaps web maps for crews to use for collecting field data
• Post-process and manage GIS data collected using FieldMaps
• Prepare maps for reports and DPR 523 forms using ArcGIS Pro

ECU Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Research Partner Fellow | Program in Maritime Studies, ECU | May 2020 – December 2021
• Contribute to the historical and archaeological scholarship on unaccounted-for service personnel
• Conduct geospatial analysis of available primary sources to locate underwater loss incidents
• Build and manage a network of constituencies involved in underwater archaeology who can contribute to on-going research on POWs/MIAs
• Communicate with DPAA Fellows at other institutions to build effective scholarly collaboration

Graduate Assistant | Special Collections, Joyner Library, ECU | January 2020 – May 2020
• Assist patrons to conduct research and handle collections
• Prepare and process collections for accessioning
• Synthesize historical and archival information to prepare library finding aids for Special Collections items using Microsoft Word
• Perform data entry and process collection inventories using Microsoft Excel

Graduate Assistant | Department of History, ECU | August 2018 – December 2019
• Serve under Associate Professor Jennifer McKinnon, PhD in the Program in Maritime Studies
• Assist Dr. McKinnon with research and professional duties, including managing project data, creating GIS maps, preparing reports, and providing general support

Maritime Archaeologist | ECU/Task Force Dagger Foundation Joint Recovery Team, Saipan, CNMI | July 2019
• Assist Dr. Jennifer McKinnon and Dr. Jason Raupp to locate lost service members from WWII Battle of Saipan for Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
• Conduct underwater archaeological test excavations, cultural resource surveys, and site mapping using SCUBA diving to search for archaeological remains according to established standards and procedures
• Recover, clean, and catalogue artifacts found
• Identify and record sites and remains using notes, forms, GPS, maps, and photographs
• Monitor and review archaeological project throughout research and fieldwork to ensure sufficiency
• Enter project data and photograph data into databases

Crew Chief |ECU Field School, North Carolina | May 2019 – June 2019
• Assist Dr. Lynn Harris and Dr. Jennifer McKinnon in conducting a summer field school for Maritime Heritage at Risk project
• Conduct cultural resource surveys and site mapping using snorkel and SCUBA diving to search for archaeological remains according to established standards and procedures
• Identify and record sites and remains using notes, forms, GPS, maps, and photographs
• Monitor and review archaeological projects throughout research and fieldwork to ensure sufficiency
• Process project data, artifact logs, GPS data, and photograph data into databases
• Produce archaeological site and survey maps using ArcGIS for reports and records
• Communicate and collaborate with students to conduct projects

Graduate Assistant | Department of History, ECU | August 2017 – May 2018
• Serve under Professor Donald H. Parkerson, PhD in the Department of History
• Serve as liaison between Dr. Parkerson and undergraduate students in an American history course
• Communicate knowledge about American history, successful study habits and effective learning strategies

Research Assistant | Cultural Resource Facility, HSU | July – December 2016
• Prepare cultural resource survey reports and site records by compiling research and cultural resource survey data
• Manage databases for GIS, survey reports, and site records
• Prepare archeological site and survey maps using ArcGIS for reports and records

Archaeological Consultant | Roscoe & Associates, Arcata, CA | July – December 2016
• Conduct field surveys and excavations, and record findings through notes, maps and digital photographs

Lifeguard | Department of Kinesiology and Recreation Administration, HSU | January 2015 – December 2016
• Administer rescue/first AID/CPR techniques when necessary
• Communicate with patrons and lifeguards about safety protocols
• Communicate and demonstrate rescue/first AID/CPR techniques to lifeguard trainees

Learning Lab Tutor | Learning Center, HSU | October 2015 – May 2016
• Provide one-on-one and group tutoring to geospatial analysis students
• Communicate knowledge about geospatial analysis and successful study habits to undergraduate students

INTERNSHIPS
Cultural Resource Management Intern | American Conservation Experience | June – August 2017
• Serve at Redwood National Park under the direction and supervision of NPS Archaeologist Michael Peterson
• Conduct pedestrian surveys to map plant species and cultural resources using Trimble and Garmin GPS devices
• Collaborate with Tolowa Dee-Ni’ Nation tribe to discuss and map marine and cultural resources
• Update, organize, and manage GIS database using ArcGIS
• Prepare maps using historic maps and aerial imagery using ArcGIS
• Prepare cultural landscape report by compiling research and cultural resource survey data
• Report on project and internship experience through blogs

Research Intern | Cultural Resource Facility, HSU | January – May 2016
• Serve under the direction and supervision of CRF Director James Roscoe and Co-Director William Rich
• Manage databases for GIS, survey reports, and site records
• Prepare archeological site and survey maps using ArcGIS for reports and records

Cartographic Intern | Institute of Cartographic Design, HSU | January – May 2016
• Serve under the direction and supervision of Assistant Director Mary Beth Cunha
• Update, organize and manage GIS database using ArcGIS and Google Drive
• Prepare maps for Dr. Stephen Cunha’s publication on the Sierra Nevada region

RESEARCH/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Graduate Associate Member | Advisory Council of Underwater Archaeology | January 2019 – January 2021
• Serve as liaison between students and the professional world of underwater archaeology
• Shared a blog to promote diversity in underwater archaeology
• Organized a panel “Turning the Tide: Women and People of Color in Underwater Archaeology” at the 2020 Society for Historical Archaeology Conference
• Promote students and young professionals’ success in maritime archaeology by providing resources on outreach tools such as social media and newsletter

ECU Field School, North Carolina and Cahuita, Costa Rica | August 2018 – December 2018
• Served under the direction and supervision of Dr. Lynn Harris and Dr. Jason Raupp
• Conduct archaeological search surveys using snorkel and SCUBA
• Create sketch maps and measured sketches of features and artifacts
• Manage artifact logs, survey data and GIS information using Microsoft Excel and ArcGIS

ECU Field School, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | June – July 2018
• Served under the direction and supervision of Dr. Jennifer McKinnon and Dr. Nathan Richards
• Conduct archaeological search surveys using snorkel and SCUBA
• Manage photo logs and survey data
• Report on project experience through a blog for ECU

Volunteer Diver | Reef Check Foundation, CA | August – December 2016
• Conduct underwater monitoring surveys of fish, invertebrate and algae
• Effectively communicate and plan dives with teams while maintaining safe dive protocols

Research Assistant | Archaeology Research Laboratory, HSU | December 2015 – December 2016
• Serve under the direction and supervision of Dr. Marisol Cortes-Rincon
• Update, organize and manage GIS database using ArcGIS
• Prepare maps and conduct spatial analysis using ArcGIS for Dr. Cortes-Rincon’s peer review publications
• Summarize project results and prepare progress reports for the Laboratory Director

Research Volunteer | Programme for Belize Archaeology Project Field School, HSU | May – June 2016
• Served under the direction and supervision of Dr. Marisol Cortes-Rincon
• Conduct field surveys and excavations, and record findings through notes, maps and digital photographs
• Collect GIS data using a Total Mapping Station and a GPS unit for post-processing

PRESENTATIONS

2022 Experience in Maritime Archaeology | ANTH 354 Cultural Resources Management, Cal Poly Humboldt | February 24, 2022

2022 Air Sea Rescue Logbook Project: Analysis and Mapping of Rescue Missions and Reported Aircraft Losses from World War II, Europe | Society for Historical Archaeology Conference in Philadelphia, PA | January 5-8, 2022

2021 GIS Specialty in Archaeology | Maritime Studies Association Brown Bag Lunch Series, ECU | April 2, 2021

2021 A History of 17th Century Manila Galleon Shipwrecks Santa Margarita and Nuestra Señora de la Concepción | 5th Marianas History Conference, Virtual | February 21, 2021

2021 Disturbed by Treasure Salvage Yet Still Significant: Exploring Manila Galleons Santa Margarita and Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in the Northern Mariana Islands | Society for Historical Archaeology Conference in Conference, Virtual | January 6-9, 2021

2021 Islands of Time, Session Chair | Society for Historical Archaeology Conference in Conference, Virtual | January 6-9, 2021

2021 Digital Public Outreach and Education in Underwater Archaeology, Panel Co-chair | Society for Historical Archaeology Conference in Conference, Virtual | January 6-9, 2021

2020 Turning the Tide: Women and People of Color in Underwater Archaeology, Panel Co-chair | Society for Historical Archaeology Conference in Conference in Boston, MA | January 8-11, 2020

2020 Going Full Circle: ECU’s 2018 Archaeological Investigations into the Battle of Saipan | Society for Historical Archaeology Conference in Boston, MA | January 8-11, 2020

2019 Women in STEM Day, Panelist | Nauticus Museum, Norfolk, VA | March 30, 2019

2019 “The Salvage Of The Manila Galleon Nuestra Señora de la Concepción: Archaeology Or Treasure Hunting?” | Society for Historical Archaeology Conference in St. Charles, Missouri | January 12, 2019

2016 “Mapping Ancient Maya Lowlands” – 3^rd Annual IdeaFest Symposium, HSU | April 22, 2016

PAPERS

2020 Manila Galleons in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: An Analysis of the Cultural Impacts on Santa Margarita and Nuestra Señora de la Concepción. Master’s thesis, Department of History, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
2019 An Archaeological Analysis of the Salvage of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción. Maritime Archaeological and Historical Society Newsletter 30(1):15-18.

Roscoe, James, Melinda Salisbury, and Aleck Tan
2017 Cultural Resources Investigation Report for the Fish Passage Improvements at South Fortuna Boulevard Project (FP-136). Report to California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Sacramento, CA from Cultural Resource Facility, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.

2017 Cultural Resources Investigation of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Felta Creek Stream Habitat Enhancement Project (HI-109). Report to California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Sacramento, CA from Cultural Resource Facility, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.

2017 Cultural Resources Investigation Report of the San Gregorio Creek Habitat Enhancement Project – Phase 2 (HI-041). Report to California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Sacramento, CA from Cultural Resource Facility, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.

AWARDS
East Carolina University | Greenville, NC
William Hamlin and Mary Quaife Tuttle Graduate Scholarship in European History– awarded $3,000 for academic merit in 2018-2019 school year | February 2019
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Student Conference Travel Grant – awarded $200 to travel and present original research at the 2019 Society of Historical Archaeology conference in St. Charles, Missouri | October 2018
The Barbara and Matthew Landers Graduate Fellowship in History – awarded $2,500 for academic merit in the 2017-2018 school year | February 2018

Humboldt State University | Arcata, CA
Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Fellowship Award – received $150 to conduct remote sensing
analysis for independent research project “Mapping Ancient Maya Landscape in Northwestern Belize” | September 2016
The Golden Trowel Distinguished Student in Archaeology Award – assisted in geospatial efforts in
Department of Anthropology | March 9, 2016
Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Fellowship Award – received $450 to conduct geospatial analysis
for independent research project “Mapping Ancient Mayan Lowlands” | February 2016
Presidential Scholar – Achieved a minimum of 3.85 GPA with at least 12 units | Spring 2014 – Spring 2016

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