Built to deliver. Not just advise.

Rodan is a data science, AI and analytics consultancy headquartered in London. We work with organisations across financial services, technology, media, education, construction and the public sector — from global enterprises to ambitious mid-market businesses and fast-growing startups.

Who we are

Founded in 2021, Rodan was built to fill a gap that kept appearing: organisations that were too sophisticated to accept generic advice and too busy to tolerate slow delivery. We combine deep technical capability with commercial fluency - and we don't just advise. We build, deploy and stand behind the outcomes.

Our work has contributed to multiple patents, generated measurable commercial value across four continents and produced technology now used by tens of thousands of people. Clients have included global media platforms, PE-backed businesses, government institutions, fast-growing fintechs and some of the world's most recognised consumer brands.

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Native AI From Day One

Rodan was built in the age of AI - not retrofitted to it. We have never operated a model that treats AI as an add-on or a line item at the bottom of a proposal. Every engagement we take on is designed with AI as a core layer: in how we analyse, in what we build and in how we help our clients operate going forward.

That means our clients do not inherit technical debt from a firm that learned AI last year. They get systems and strategies that were conceived natively - designed to compound, not depreciate.

What makes us different

We combine technical depth with commercial fluency. Most firms do one or the other. We do both - and we measure ourselves against business outcomes, not delivery milestones.

We are a lean, senior team. There are no layers between the people you meet and the people doing the work. Every engagement is founder-led and senior-delivered from first call to final handover.

We build as well as advise. Strategy without execution is a document. We take engagements from diagnostic through to deployed, running systems - and where clients need ongoing support, we provide it.

We move at pace. From scoping to live, our engagements are measured in weeks, not quarters. We have never missed a committed delivery window.

50+

Client Engagements

Proprietary platforms deployed at scale

Won Industry Awards
& Awarded Patents

How we work

Our forward-deployed engineering model places senior specialists alongside your team, moving at the pace your business demands while maintaining strict confidentiality. Whether you need a strategic data roadmap, an agentic AI system or an end-to-end analytics platform, we bring the right people and tools to the problem.

We do not charge for presence. We charge for outcomes. That distinction shapes every conversation we have and every proposal we write.

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What our clients say

Seth and the team's analytical sharpness and strategic grasp of emerging technologies are exceptional. Their ability to bridge commercial priorities with data-driven insight is something I've seen firsthand.

AVP, Strategic Merchant Partnerships, APACMastercard

Working with Rodan was refreshing. Their analytical discipline and structured frameworks gave our innovation team clarity and direction at pace - insightful, precise and genuinely collaborative.

Change Management Director, EMEABacardi

They bring an uncommon balance of technical depth and human understanding. Their perspective on risk, governance and transformation is thoughtful, measured and consistently ahead of the curve.

Head of Legal, Remediation & Advocacy, UKBarclays