secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC. (DUOT)
CIK:        0001396536
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-18T20:15:15+00:00
Accession:  0001079973-26-001142
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Duos Technologies names Dipan Patel as Chief Operating Officer
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- Dipan Patel appointed COO effective August 14, 2026; joined company in June 2026.
- Patel previously directed Telstra InfraCo's $25B digital infrastructure portfolio (2024-2026).
- Compensation: $375,000 base salary, bonus up to 80% of base, 200,000 restricted shares vesting July 1, 2029.
- No employment agreement; no family relationships or reportable transactions with company.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326001142/0001079973-26-001142-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326001142/duot_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-26-001142

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