In 1997, Robert started his own freelance writing and marketing communications business, Robert Roberge Writing & Communications Consulting. Clients include organizations from across a variety of industries, the most notable of which are The MITRE Corporation; Sybase, Inc.; Thomson Financial Services; Arthur D. Little, Inc.; Metcalf & Eddy; Triad-Engineering Corporation; FootBridge Companies; Amherst Computer Solutions, Inc.; and Zwicker & Associates, P.C., among others.

Since September 1999, his primary marketing and communications consulting work has been for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project at The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Mass., as Marketing Communications Manager/Writer. Robert has performed a similar function for MITRE's Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) project since 2006, Common Configuration Enumeration (CCE) project since 2006, Common Event Expression (CEE) project since 2008, Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL) project from 2002-2006, and Common Malware Enumeration (CME) project from 2005-2008. He also works with select clients on additional projects.