Thursday, September 24  •  12 PM - 1 PM EDT

Overview

A fun, no-jargon session for people who are brand new to AI, and a solid refresher for everyone else.

Where does my data go?

Session Two of the ISA Tampa Bay Section's AI Series is a plain-language tour of the places AI runs: the cloud, on-premises systems, and the edge. We will look at why latency, safety, and location determine which option fits a given task, and the questions worth asking before you point a tool like chat-with-your-data at proprietary information.

Governance thread: Data classification: know what data may leave the building before deciding where AI runs.

Vocabulary: data center · cloud (public / private) · on-premises · edge computing · latency · data sovereignty · OT vs. IT · inference at the edge · fleet management · zero-touch provisioning · digital twin

Takeaways: A cheat-sheet card on the final slide: what is safe to put into a public AI tool, a company tool, or a plant-network system.

Presenter Bio: Dr. Jeanne McClure is an applied AI researcher, builder, and the founder of Ars Innovate Technologies & Consulting in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she ships B2B AI products and workflows for manufacturing, healthcare, and education, from answering and booking platforms to systems that run entirely on-site, keeping proprietary data in the building.

She has worked in classical and modern AI since 2018 and has been programming since the early 2000s. Her focus is AI people can trust: human-in-the-loop design, observability, evaluation frameworks, and measurable returns. Earlier in her career, at packaging company Stephen Gould, she managed end-to-end programs for Revlon, Liggett, and Pergo, from package and label through floor packaging and on-time shipment. Over the last two years, she has delivered more than 15 workshops to over 2,000 professionals at all levels on working with data science and AI. She co-authored a 2026 paper, built on her Orchestration Maturity Framework, on why AI readiness is an organizational learning problem, not a technology purchase, and holds a PhD from NC State University.