{"id":141923,"date":"2025-09-21T13:44:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T13:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darkopavic.xyz\/?page_id=141923"},"modified":"2025-09-25T20:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:12:17","slug":"speaking-engagements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/darkopavic.xyz\/index.php\/speaking-engagements\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking Engagements"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"141923\" class=\"elementor elementor-141923\">\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"default no-position show_shadow rs-sticky-default elementor-element elementor-element-782cd05 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"782cd05\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"default no-position show_shadow rs-sticky-default elementor-element elementor-element-15e87df e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15e87df\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94582ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-rs-heading\" data-id=\"94582ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"rs-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n        <div class=\"prelements-heading default color_ animate-  normal_color  subnormal_color dots_no subnormal_color  \">\n        \t<div class=\"title-inner\">\n\t            <span class=\"sub-text \">Hands-on expertise for your event<\/span><h2 class=\"title rs-split-text-disable \"><span class=\"watermark\"><\/span>Turning Retail Complexity into Playbooks\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t        <\/div>\n\t                    \t<div class=\"description\">\n            \t\t            \t\t<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"695d4afa-bbed-43fc-9f29-b1e92bdb080f\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-396\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\"><div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] thread-sm:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] thread-lg:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"><div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-lg:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"><div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"><div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"9199dcc5-de38-4650-ab78-abe7bcd14984\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-thinking\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\"><div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\"><p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"564\">I turn complex retail tech and compliance into clear, usable playbooks.<br data-start=\"75\" data-end=\"78\" \/>By building <strong data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"114\">innovative platforms, <\/strong>from fiscal <strong data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"141\">middleware<\/strong> to an automated <strong data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"194\">legal-change intelligence system (online portal), <\/strong>I\u2019ve helped create new categories in the retail tech industry and cut time, cost, and risk for global retailers. 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