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Mark Cianciosi

Davenport,FL

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Field School Technician

Millersville University
08.2018 - 05.2019
  • Conducted block excavations on 18th-19th century site and learned basic field techniques. Also gained experience writing detailed site notes and unit layer mapping
  • Archaeological Lab Work – Gained experience in identifying, dating, cleaning, and cataloguing artifacts in a lab setting - can visually identify over 70 historic ceramic types
  • Conducted a complex ethnographic study

Field School Technician & Graduate Student

Monmouth University
08.2019 - 09.2021
  • Participated in preliminary testing and excavation of several colonial sites in NJ, including Continental Army winter cantonment sites outside Morristown, NJ.
  • Gained experience working with and instructing volunteers from the general public
  • New Jersey War Memorials Research Project and SHA Conference Presentation – Co-leader in research involving the study and cataloguing of over 800 individual war memorials and monuments in the state of New Jersey. Presented research findings at the 2019 Society for Historical Archaeology conference in Boston. Co-author of associated paper to be published in 2023
  • GIS & Database experience, including a mapping/analysis of NJ War Memorials
  • Experience in writing site research proposals
  • Participated in an underwater research expedition scanning various shipwrecks and other underwater features off the coast of Sandy Hook, New Jersey.

Security Officer (Corporal)

Universal Studios
11.2021 - 09.2022
  • Security and Asset Protection
  • Assist upper management in coordinating and leading various operations/procedures on site (i.e "Teen Sweep”, shift scheduling etc.)
  • Enrolled in and completed leadership training courses required for Team Leadership positions
  • LEBA trained bike unit – rapid incident response
  • Experience utilizing incident reporting software and databases such as IRIS and Microsoft Access to create incident notifications and narratives to be forwarded to management and other relevant parties
  • Receive, proofread, and transcribe witness statements
  • Experience writing detailed, concise, and thorough incident reports and report narratives to be submitted to an incident report database & company-wide alert system (IRIS)
  • Experience inspecting and managing equipment (i.e Radios, UTVs, paperwork, etc.) and equipment logs/inventory

Volunteer assistant/intern

InfoAge Information Technology Museum, Camp Evans
07.2020 - 08.2021
  • New Jersey
  • Involved in the planning, establishment, and creation of museum displays and presentations for the visiting public
  • Assisted in the construction and painting of wooden display boxes and cases for large military dioramas
  • Assisted in setting up and organizing an exhibit room devoted to the history of the American Revolution and the War of 1812
  • Occasionally served as a docent tasked with presenting museum displays and teaching associated information to the visiting public
  • Involved in two of the museum's annual WWII Weekend events, in which I assisted in creating displays for WWII historical information and artifacts, including a few of the museum's unique, and highly sensitive cryptography devices and electronics
  • I also created and presented my own display that featured WWII Italian military artifacts, including a complete Italian officer's field kitchen from my own personal collection
  • Identification and minor restoration, cleaning, and maintenance of the museum's small collection of WWII firearms.

Collections Management intern

National Guard Militia Museum of, Jersey
06.2020 - 08.2021
  • At both the Sea Girt and Lawrenceville locations of the NGMMNJ
  • Involved in the cataloguing, inventorying, preservation, maintenance, and research of the museum's extensive collection of artifacts and weaponry
  • Identification, research, handling, cleaning, and maintaining of weapons found in the museum's extensive armory
  • Included muskets, rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, pistols, revolvers, swords, knives, and bayonets
  • Devising and implementing an entirely new inventory/cataloguing system for the museum's collection of artifacts
  • Assisted in a few of the museum’s social media-related endeavors, including writing short articles related to existing/upcoming museum displays as well as appropriate labels/descriptions for an instagram page featuring pictures of every firearm and bladed weapon within the museum’s armory collection
  • Assisted in the construction, sanding/painting, as well as disassembly of wooden museum display cases
  • Made familiar with many aspects of museum management, including the organization of museum displays, policies regarding donations and gifts, coordination of projects with other museums and institutions, and the guidelines/regulations related to National Guard Museums/institutions under TRADOC.

12A - Engineer Officer

United States Army Reserve
11.2022 - Current
  • 2nd Lieutenant
  • Leadership experience in team/project management and planning.
  • Earned commission from Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, GA
  • Disciplined and experienced in leading others in difficult and uncertain situations

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology/Archaeology W/ Minor in History

Millersville University

Master of Arts - Anthropology & GIS

Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ
09.2021

Officer's Commission - Military Science

Officer Candidate School
Fort Benning, GA
05.2023

Skills

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) programming, georeferencing, and database management/design
  • General familiarity with ArcMap, ArcScene, Microsoft Access, ArcGIS Online and ArcPro
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Powerpoint
  • Other Career-Related Skills
  • Security Officer (Corporal) at Universal Studios Resort in Orlando - December 2021-September 2022 (Full Time)
  • Asset protection, security/safety, and guest service experience
  • Experience working with and assisting both guests and coworkers from a variety of cultural, national, and ethnic backgrounds of all ages, genders, as well as those with various physical/mental/medical conditions and disabilities
  • Experience answering dispatches and deescalating/resolving incidents that may potentially become dangerous or disruptive
  • Skills Developed
  • Developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships, teamwork, and providing peer support
  • Ability to rapidly acquire new languages
  • Strong attention to detail, flexibility, strategic
  • Above average typing/word processing skills: ~90WPM
  • World travels to historical sites such as Vimy Ridge, Calais, France; Rome, Italy; Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy; Ypres, Belgium; Fort Douaumont, Verdun, France;
  • Future Education Goals:
  • PhD in Archaeology, thesis research on battlefield sites of the Great War

Affiliations

American Heart Association First Aid CPR/AED Certified Law Enforcement Bike Association (LEBA) Trained

Additional Information

  • Activities/Awards/Achievements , Millersville University Department of Sociology/Anthropology Senior Award for Excellence in Archaeology Reverend Lewis Merwin Hobbs Medallion / Dr. Dominick ’53 & Mrs. Helen DiNunzio Award Wentzel-Wright Award Class of 1895 Endowment, MU Campus Club Scholarship Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Monmouth University Monmouth Graduate Scholarship National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey NGMMNJ Certificate of Appreciation United States Navy 146/164 on Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) Scored in 80th percentile on Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) National Defense Service Medal Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon with Sharpshooter device, Licenses/Certifications , Universal Studios Resort – Orlando Class D Unarmed Security License

Timeline

12A - Engineer Officer

United States Army Reserve
11.2022 - Current

Security Officer (Corporal)

Universal Studios
11.2021 - 09.2022

Volunteer assistant/intern

InfoAge Information Technology Museum, Camp Evans
07.2020 - 08.2021

Collections Management intern

National Guard Militia Museum of, Jersey
06.2020 - 08.2021

Field School Technician & Graduate Student

Monmouth University
08.2019 - 09.2021

Field School Technician

Millersville University
08.2018 - 05.2019

Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology/Archaeology W/ Minor in History

Millersville University

Master of Arts - Anthropology & GIS

Monmouth University

Officer's Commission - Military Science

Officer Candidate School

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