Olivia Fordiani Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

-Manage and lead multiple projects within budgetary and schedule constraints-Develop detailed statements of work and manage project budgets and invoices-Establish clear project parameters to support the success of all internal and vendor team members-Monitor quality on all project deliverables to ensure standards are met or exceeded

-Managed projects for 9 industry partners through the project lifecycle from initiation to completion-Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to ensure on-time completion of deliverables-Defined operational requirements and monitored project scoping, risk, and engagement to identify opportunities for improvement-Contributed to process innovation to support effective delivery of solutions

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

-Collected heart-related family history from patients and created pedigrees for genetic counselor review-Interacted frequently with patients and providers to answer questions, schedule appointments, and call out genetic results-Developed content for internship flyers, patient handouts, and internal presentations to increase awareness about genetic cardiology conditions -Created weekly tasks and goals for interns, monitored intern productivity, and advised interns on how to create working relationships with providers and patients

Provo, Utah, United States

Immigrant Ancestors Project-Verified the indexing of 250+ Dutch immigration records from the Netherlands to ensure accuracy-Translated project information and letter templates into Dutch

Linking Families for Cancer Prevention Project-Performed research in partnership with ConnectMyVariant to discover the most recent common ancestor of study participants with rare genetic variants (in genes such as BRCA1, MLH1, and PALB2) which cause increased cancer risk-Enabled study participants to connect with at-risk descendants of common ancestor to promote genetic testing for cancer prevention-Created SOP, email templates, and research log templates for project-Co-author of publications in Genetics in Medicine and JMIR Cancer journals

-Provided live and remote captioning in university classes for students who are deaf or hard of hearing-Transcribed 4-5 courses per semester in a variety of course topics including human anatomy, finance, speech science, statistics, design, religion, and entrepreneurship, among others-Type 90 WPM with 99% accuracy without TypeWell software-Formed trusted relationships with students and professors to ensure that students' needs were met-Delivered swift post-lecture edits of transcripts for students' personal and study use

Provo, Utah, United States

-Created a CRISPR-Cas9 library from zebrafish heart tissue cDNA to screen for heart deformities-Trained new lab members in PCR, gel electrophoresis, DNA & RNA extraction, embryo injection and other lab practices-Successfully knocked out the golden gene in zebrafish

-Investigated evidence cited on lab reports for 23 variants classified as likely pathogenic or pathogenic -Reviewed 100+ cited scientific papers to identify the strength of each piece of evidence according to ACMG/AMP 2015 variant classification guidelines-Contributing author on a poster included at the National Society of Genetic Counselors conference in 2020

Provo, Utah, United States

Nauvoo Community Project -Identified and researched 100+ residents of the Nauvoo area from 1839 to 1846-Documented and linked original genealogical sources to individuals within a searchable database for historians and descendants to follow family migration patterns

Provo, Utah, United States

Italian Migration to Utah County Project-Researched 350+ Italian individuals who resided in Utah County beginning in 1880 -Conducted literary reviews pertaining to Italian migration patterns and the history of Italians in Utah County-Created an ArcGis Map showing migration patterns of Italian individuals through each census from Italy to Utah