About
Dr. Jeanne McClure
Founder and CEO, Ars Innovate Technologies
Applied AI researcher and founder of Ars Innovate Technologies, based in Johnston County, North Carolina. Working on digital transformation since 2000, and in AI since 2018.
- Leads executive AI strategy, relationship mapping, and program evaluation for manufacturing, healthcare, and education
- Management roles in retail, packaging, and credit and collections, bringing digital tools into each
- Landscape, web, and media design; designed the Southern Garden at Johnston Community College and worked on water reclamation at Moore Square in Raleigh
- Founded JoCoTech, the first tech and AI community group for Johnston County
- Created the Orchestration Maturity Framework for AI readiness; former postdoctoral fellow at NC State and STEAM teacher in Johnston County Schools
- 2,500+ professionals trained in applied data and AI programming and tools
- Mentor to students and early-career professionals
- Business Advisory Board, Wake STEM Early College
- Founder, JoCoTech
- Invited talks in the US and Japan
- PhD, NC State
- MS Data Science
Speaking and teaching
Coming up
- Oct 21, 2026TalkFrom Autocorrect to AutomationInternational Society of Automation (ISA), Raleigh-Durham Section
- Oct 22, 2026Webinar, session 3Feeding the Machine: Historians, Data Lakes, and AI-Ready Plant DataISA Tampa Bay, virtual
- Nov 5, 2026Returning speakerAI Tools for Program Administration, Recruitment, and Student SupportNational Professional STEM Master's Association (NPSMA) Annual National Conference
- Nov 16, 2026Workshop, session 1Start Safe, Then Find and Track GrantsJohnston Community College Small Business Center
- Nov 19, 2026Webinar, session 4Trust but Verify: How Do You Know the Answer Is Right?ISA Tampa Bay, virtual
- Feb 2027KeynoteISA Tampa Bay Automation Expo
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Recent talks and workshops
- Sept 2026WorkshopAI for Small BusinessDigital Empowerment Day, Durham, NC
- Sept 2026RoundtableAI Executive ReadinessMojo Summits, virtual
- Sept 2026RoundtableWhat Knowledge Belongs in AI?Gatherverse Women's AI Summit, virtual
- Sept 2026Invited authorWhere AI Lives and Where Your Data Goes: Cloud, On-Prem, and the EdgeISA Tampa Bay, virtual
- Aug 2026WebinarWhat Is AI, Really? (And What It Means for Your Job)ISA Tampa Bay, virtual · Watch the recording
- Aug 2026TalkPop the Hood off of AI Agents: Unlocking the Black BoxAI Tinkerers RTP, Hunt Library, Raleigh, NC
- May 2026WorkshopHands-On LLMOps: Build an Observable AI System in 90 MinutesDevOpsDays Raleigh, McKimmon Center
- Apr 2026Invited talkSupporting Employee AI Adoption with Prompt TemplatesConference on AI in the Textile and Fashion Industries, NC State Wilson College of Textiles
- Apr 2026Partner trainingYour Secret Weapon for Choosing the Right AI ModelRaleigh Durham Startup Week
- Mar 2026Invited instructorResponsible GenAI Integration for Data Science and AI CoursesNagoya University, Japan
- Feb 2026Invited workshopExpert in AI for EducatorsUniversity of West Florida
- Nov 2025Invited workshopThink Responsibly, Prompt Creatively: AI Skills for Professional SuccessNPSMA 16th Annual National Conference, Raleigh, NC
- Nov 2025Invited webinarCopy, Paste, Customize! The Template Approach to AI EngineeringVoxel51 Women in AI series · Watch the recording
- Aug 2025Short courseR You Out of Memory Again? Level Up Your Data Game with Arrow and DuckDBuseR! 2025, Durham, NC
- June 2025Invited workshopSocial Network Analysis and Education: A Gentle IntroductionDRK-12 PI Meeting, Arlington, VA
- Apr 2025Short courseIntegrating Large Language Models in Introductory Data Science CoursesSymposium on Data Science and Statistics, Salt Lake City
- Mar 2025WorkshopHarnessing Large Language Models for Data ScienceWomen in Data Science Raleigh at NC State
- Mar 2024Short courseSocial Network Analysis for Newbies: Theory, Applications, and AnalysisLearning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK), Kyoto, Japan
Watch her teach
- VideoISA Tampa BayWhat Is AI, Really? (And What It Means for Your Job)
- VideoVoxel51 Women in AICopy, Paste, Customize! The Template Approach to AI Engineering
- VideoUNC System lunch and learnThe AI Family Tree: From Calculators to Collaborators
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In the press
- Specialty Fabrics ReviewTextile industry uses of AI and automationQuoted on connecting data and operations teams, workforce readiness, and scaling AI responsibly
- AI BusinessOpenAI vs. Anthropic vs. Google: But the Model Isn't the PointCites the Orchestration Maturity Framework research with Gregg Gerdau
- eTextileCommunicationsAI in fashion and textiles moves from promise to practical implementationCovers her talk on the ICI framework for prompt templates
Selected background
Education
- PhD, Teaching and Learning Science (Learning, Design, and Technology)North Carolina State University, 2024
- MS, Data Science (Modeling and Analytics)University of West Florida, 2026
- MEd, Learning, Design, and TechnologyNorth Carolina State University, 2021
- Graduate Certificate in Learning AnalyticsNorth Carolina State University, 2023
- Institute Fellow, National Center for Education StatisticsU.S. Department of Education, 2024
- Data Science Methods for Digital Learning PlatformsUniversity of Pennsylvania, 2024
Service and community
- Founder, JoCoTech, the first tech and AI community group for Johnston County, NC and the surrounding area
- Member, Business Advisory Board, Wake STEM Early College
- Co-chair, Practitioner Track, Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK26), Bergen, Norway
- Co-organizer, R-Ladies RTP
- Member, UNC AI Pedagogy Subcommittee
- Reviewer, Journal of Educational Data Mining; AERA; International Conference of the Learning Sciences
Research
Dr. McClure partners on research with industry and academic teams, from AI evaluation to network analysis.