Summary
Dan Mcclure is a System Innovation Architect and Choreographer with over 30 years of hands-on experience designing and scaling bold, cross-sector innovation programs that tackle complex, real-world challenges. He founded Innovation Ecosystem and coauthored "Doing Bigger Things," translating ecosystem innovation theory into repeatable practices used to drive impact across commercial, public, and nonprofit domains. Previously he led global systems strategy and product management at ThoughtWorks and delivered large-scale, high-stakes digital transformations for clients like GM, Volkswagen/Audi, and state governments, often inventing novel technical and organizational approaches to intractable problems. Known for blending big-picture strategic vision with deep technical pragmatism—evident in pioneering solutions such as GM’s real-time personalization analytics—he also cultivates a community of “innovation choreographers” who practice systems-level thinking. Based in Detroit, he pairs an engineering background and an MBA with a rare mix of entrepreneurship, policy-facing program delivery, and public-sector impact.
10 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, BS, Civil Engineering, Computer Science at Michigan State University
MBA, MBA at University of Detroit Mercy