Tatiana Zagorovski Speaker, entrepreneur & practical educator

What would be useful for your audience?

Trust, technology, running a business, or making difficult decisions. Let’s choose a topic that speaks to what your audience is dealing with.

Real experience. Something useful to take with you.

I draw on my work in engineering, business, and real estate, and on my experience as a mother and immigrant. I share practical information and real-life examples that give people more to consider when making their own decisions.

Tell me what matters to your audience. We’ll shape the talk around their interests, the challenges they face, and ideas they can put to use.

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Tatiana Zagorovski, speaker and entrepreneur
There may be more ways forward than you realize. Keynotes · Executive Workshops · Panels · Podcasts

Speaking topics

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For Entrepreneurs, Investors & Leadership Teams

Trust is not a strategy

I lost more than $100,000 on my first joint-venture real estate deal when I was cut out of the closing. In this talk, I look at my own decisions: what I believed, what I should have checked, and what I do differently now. It’s also the story behind my forthcoming memoir, Cut Out of Closing.

What we’ll cover:
  • The Proof, Policies, People framework for evaluating opportunities and partnerships.
  • Questions to ask when an opportunity sounds convincing or someone is rushing your decision.
  • What to verify before making a commitment, while recognizing that checks cannot eliminate every risk.
For Business Owners, Associations & Leadership

Do you need AI—or a better process?

I start by looking at how the business works. Where does work get stuck? What is the team doing by hand? Sometimes AI helps. Sometimes a clearer process is enough. We’ll look at how to tell the difference before buying another tool.

What we’ll cover:
  • How to examine a process before trying to automate it.
  • Where AI might save time, and where people still need to check the work.
  • How to decide whether a tool is actually helping your business.
For Operations Leaders & Service Business Teams

When the business depends on someone remembering

A call goes unanswered. A quote gets sent, but nobody follows up. Customer information lives in three different places. We’ll look at how these gaps happen and how to make the next step clear without adding more work for an already busy team.

What we’ll cover:
  • Finding where inquiries and follow-ups are getting missed.
  • Removing unnecessary steps before adding software.
  • Agreeing who does what, and how everyone knows it’s been done.
For Women, Single Mothers, Immigrants & Entrepreneurs

Taking action when life can’t wait

I left a well-paying corporate job before I was financially ready because my children needed me. With two legal battles, a difficult personal situation, and no steady income, I had to keep taking action every day. Somewhere along the way, I rebuilt my corporate income. I didn’t even notice when it happened. This talk is about making decisions when waiting for everything to settle down isn’t an option.

What we’ll cover:
  • The Patience, Perseverance, Purpose approach to navigating uncertainty.
  • Examining assumptions and questioning popular career and business advice.
  • Looking at your options and deciding what makes sense for your circumstances, without pretending the hard parts are easy.

Ways we can work together

We’ll agree on the length, preparation, and focus before the event.

Keynote Presentations

Stories from my life and work, with questions and ideas your audience can use.

Interactive Workshops

Time to work through a business process, a risk question, or a possible use for AI with your group.

Panels & Moderation

Discussion of mindset, resilience, AI, business systems, and ethics, shaped around the panel’s questions.

Podcasts & Broadcast

Conversations about immigration, entrepreneurship, trust, and technology, with room for personal stories and follow-up questions.

Watch me speak

A panel discussion and a television interview.

DOMINATE Summit Panel: Mindset, Resilience & Overcoming Adversity

2025 DOMINATE Entrepreneurial Summit Panel

Mindset, Resilience & Overcoming Adversity

Panel conversation with Bridgette Bello, David Bell, and Tatiana Zagorovski at the DOMINATE Entrepreneurial Summit.

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Daily Flash Television: AI’s Effect on White Collar Jobs

Daily Flash Television Interview

AI’s Effect on White Collar Jobs

An interview about AI, jobs, and how changes in employment affect housing.

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Speaker Bio

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Tatiana Zagorovski

Tatiana Zagorovski is a speaker, entrepreneur, and practical educator who brings an engineer’s curiosity to business, technology, and the decisions people make. Her talks combine real-life examples with practical information to help audiences see possibilities and make informed choices.

She holds a master’s degree in Applied Mathematics and three U.S. patents, with more than 25 years in software, systems, and process improvement and over 100 real estate transactions. Her writing has appeared in Search Engine Land and Tampa Bay Business & Wealth.

Tatiana has immigrated twice and rebuilt her corporate income after leaving a well-paying job to be there for her children. She speaks from experience about business, trust, and taking action in difficult circumstances. Her forthcoming memoir, Cut Out of Closing, recounts her first joint-venture real estate deal, in which she lost more than $100,000 after being cut out of the closing.

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Quick Facts for Organizers

  • Location: Based in St. Louis, Missouri. Ask about location, travel and virtual options for your event.
  • Credentials: Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics; 3 U.S. patents in software; 25+ years in systems; 100+ real estate transactions.
  • Author: Forthcoming memoir Cut Out of Closing.
  • Contributor: Published contributor at Search Engine Land and Tampa Bay Business & Wealth.
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Before you book

What should I include in a speaking inquiry?

Include the event or podcast name, date, location (or virtual platform), audience profile and expected size, the topic or theme you have in mind, and your budget if established.

Can you adapt a talk for our industry?

Yes. Tell me what your audience is dealing with. We’ll discuss which topics and examples fit, and where my experience would be useful.

Are virtual presentations and podcasts available?

Ask about virtual presentations, webinars or podcast interviews in your inquiry. Platform, technical requirements and availability are confirmed directly.

How are travel arrangements and speaker fees handled?

Speaking fees and travel expenses are confirmed directly based on event location, format, duration, and preparation requirements. Use the inquiry email to start the conversation.

Let’s talk about your event

Send me the date, audience, and topic you have in mind. We can work out the details together.

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