James River Innovation LLC
Let's build excellent systems together
Unlock operational, software, and AI opportunities with JRI
From first steps to complex systems -- we're ready to help
About James River Innovation
James River Innovation (JRI) is built on the belief that effective solutions adapt to the needs of each business — not the other way around. We help small businesses, startups, and established teams strengthen their operations, solve real-world challenges, and grow with confidence. From using AI tools more effectively to designing full-scale software systems, we meet you where you are and focus on solutions that move you forward.At JRI, we combine technical depth with clear communication, flexible strategy, and a commitment to real results. Whether you're just starting to modernize or managing complex cloud-integrated or on-premise systems, we bring the experience, creativity, and care needed to turn challenges into lasting success.
Operations Consulting
Keeping your business running
Every team is different. JRI offers tailored guidance to improve your business operations, whether you're building stronger client lead-generation systems or managing a global SaaS on-call team. Our operational consulting focuses on making your critical processes more efficient, reliable, and scalable.JRI brings the experience needed to introduce AI-accelerated workflows, strengthen DevOps practices, and enhance your business resilience through smarter disaster-recovery strategies. We meet you where you are — and help you build operations that support sustainable growth.
Software Architecture and Design
Proven industry experience ready to strengthen your organization
At James River Innovation, we specialize in building resilient, scalable, and secure software systems. With real-world leadership experience from startups to Fortune 100 enterprises, we help organizations design technical foundations that stand the test of time. Whether you're creating a new cloud-native platform, modernizing legacy systems, or scaling complex infrastructure, we offer tailored architecture and design services to meet your business goals.Our expertise spans cloud migration, distributed systems, database engineering, infrastructure automation, and AI integration. With a proven track record at companies like IBM, EDB, and beyond, we bridge the gap between engineering execution and business success. We can work directly with technical teams, product management, and executive leadership to deliver solutions that align vision with reality — bringing clarity to complexity and accelerating your path to value.
Practical AI Guidance
No hype, no snakeoil
Learn how to use OpenAI's ChatGPT to turn hours-long tasks into minutes, or draft and proofread complex documents. Build a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) integrated solution with Microsoft Azure's AI suite.JRI's AI experience is based on production intelligent systems tools realizing insights for customers today.
Rooted in Virginia with Global Reach
We collect timezones
JRI staff is ready to meet you virtually -- or onsite anywhere on the planet. We've worked with teams from Beijing to Bristol and are ready to figure things out face-to-face.
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Let's chat
James River Innovation has low-to-no cost initial consultations, and simple pricing. Tell us about your needs and we'll work together to achieve success.
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James River Innovation LLC 2025. See our Master Service Agreement.