Rob Dunie is the principal behind RD Digital Consulting Services, with over 25 years spanning enterprise architecture, product strategy, agile delivery, and technology research. His earlier career at Gartner focused on digital business moments and adaptive strategy — research that explored how organizations recognize and act on fleeting windows of opportunity. That work informed how he thinks about systems today: the interesting problems aren’t usually technical in isolation, they’re about how decisions flow through organizations and where that flow breaks down.
His current focus sits at the intersection of practical advisory work — helping founders and teams make better product and technology decisions — and applied research into how AI agent systems should be governed. Venutian Antfarm, his open-source governance framework for multi-agent delivery, is published in Towards AI and under active development.
Rob is on the neurodiverse spectrum and a proud father of a son who is AuDHD. This lived experience — navigating systems that weren’t designed for how his family thinks — shapes both his advisory approach (direct, structured, honest about trade-offs) and his collaboration with neurodiversity stakeholders on tools, programs, and research design.
Based in the Capital Region of New York.
How working with Rob typically looks
Simple, low-friction starting point
Most work starts with a short call to understand where you are today, clarify what you’re trying to decide or improve, and identify whether Rob Dunie is the right fit — or if another path would serve you better.
Typical collaboration patterns
Short advisory sprints. Focused blocks of time to work through a specific set of decisions, such as a roadmap, systems map, or research-tool alignment.
Ongoing advisory retainer. Regular touchpoints (for example, weekly or bi-weekly) to support founders or teams through evolving decisions and implementation.
Project-specific support. Time-boxed engagements to help design, review, or refine a particular system, workflow, or neurodiversity-related initiative.
The exact structure, scope, and pricing are always discussed transparently before any work begins.
Frequently asked questions
Do you only work with early-stage startups? Not at all. Rob works with organizations of all sizes. Most engagements fall into three areas: startups needing fractional CTO support, established SMBs modernizing their systems, and neurodiversity community members — researchers, service providers, and policy advocates working to help people on the spectrum communicate and participate more fully in the world around them.
Can you help me choose specific tools or platforms? Yes. A common part of the work is talking through the trade-offs between tools and helping you choose what makes sense for your situation, instead of defaulting to whatever is most popular at the moment.
Do you take on full implementation work? It depends. Rob’s core value is in helping you clarify direction, make decisions, and design systems. In some cases, that includes hands-on implementation; in others, it looks more like pairing with your existing team or implementation partners.
What if I’m not sure which audience I am? That’s common. The easiest path is to start a conversation, describe your situation, and we can decide together whether and how Rob can help.
