Evidence
What you can verify before we speak
Clients are never named here, so proof takes three forms: our own record, which anyone can check; counts, which identify no one; and third parties you can click.
Why there are no testimonials here
Clients are never used as marketing. That rules out testimonials, case studies with names attached, and logos. What follows instead is what you can check for yourself: the firm's own record in the systems it works on, counts that identify no one, and third parties you can click.
Our own record, dated
A reputation firm's own footprint is its clearest case study. On September 23, 2026 we asked the systems that answer without a login who RMG Digital Solutions is and who its founder is, and recorded the answers word for word. The next snapshot is due in December 2026 and will be published beneath this one.
Two of these answers repeat details from third-party profiles that are out of date: a founding year on LinkedIn, and older wording on a Forbes profile. Those are being corrected. The next snapshot will show whether the machines caught up, which is exactly the work this firm does.
Google, AI Overview
Asked: Who is RMG Digital Solutions LLC in Harrison, New York?
RMG Digital Solutions LLC is a private online reputation management and advisory firm located in Harrison, New York.
- Founding: Established in 2018 by Charles Zakarin after he experienced personal online reputation damage.
- Core focus: Specializes in high-stakes online reputation restoration and digital profile management for executives, professionals, and organizations.
- Search and AI strategy: Manages how traditional search engines (like Google) and emerging AI platforms interpret and display information about individuals and businesses.
- Regulatory expertise: Frequently works with clients dealing with damaged profiles or public records related to regulatory actions by agencies like the SEC, FTC, or FINRA.
- Scholarship management: Designs, manages, and awards academic scholarships to help build a positive public record and contribute to communities.
- Contact and location: 600 Mamaroneck Ave, Harrison, NY 10528; 914.786.3544; info@rmgdigitalsolutions.com.
Asked: Who is Charles Zakarin? Google returned no AI Overview for this question. The first result was charleszakarin.com, followed by his LinkedIn profile, his Forbes Councils profile, the founder page on this site, and a SpeakerHub listing.
ChatGPT, with web search
Right: the firm, the address, 2018, the Restore and Protect practices, the founder's 2009 story, NYU, American Automotive Equipment, and the Forbes work. Wrong or stale: it reads the LinkedIn company page as founded in 1998, quotes a legal notice this site no longer carries, and is unsure whether the film producer credited in 1989 is the same Charles Zakarin. He is.
Read the full ChatGPT answers, both questions
Asked: Who is RMG Digital Solutions LLC in Harrison, New York?
RMG Digital Solutions LLC is a privately held online reputation-management firm based in Harrison, New York, at 600 Mamaroneck Ave. Its current website says it has operated since 2018.
What they do RMG says its work is focused specifically on digital reputation and search visibility, rather than conventional website development or general digital marketing. Its services include: - Reputation repair ("Restore") — addressing inaccurate, outdated, or damaging information appearing in search results. - Proactive reputation building ("Protect") — developing a stronger online presence so search engines and AI systems have accurate information to draw from. - Search and AI reputation management — auditing how a person or company appears in Google and AI-generated answers. - Work for executives, founders, companies, individuals and families, family offices, public figures, and owner-operated businesses.
The company explicitly says it is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.
The founder is Charles Zakarin. According to his biography and the company's account, he formed RMG Digital Solutions in 2018 after dealing with inaccurate information about himself online and subsequently learning how online reputation management worked. His professional profile also identifies him as the founder of RMG Digital Solutions, based in Harrison. (councils.forbes.com)
There is some inconsistency in third-party information about the company's history. LinkedIn currently describes RMG as founded in 1998, while the company's own current website says Zakarin formed RMG Digital Solutions LLC in 2018.
Sources: rmgdigitalsolutions.com, councils.forbes.com, linkedin.com
Asked: Who is Charles Zakarin?
If you mean the Charles Zakarin based in Harrison, New York, he is an entrepreneur and online-reputation specialist.
He is the founder and CEO of RMG Digital Solutions, a firm focused on online reputation management, digital branding, and related services.
He graduated from New York University in 1984 and initially worked in financial services, followed by a period producing independent films.
In 1989, he founded American Automotive Equipment, an automotive-aftermarket distributor/importer that he ran for more than two decades.
According to his own account, a major reason he entered reputation management was that inaccurate material about him appeared online beginning in 2009. He subsequently learned how search engines and online reputation systems work and began helping others with similar problems.
He founded RMG Digital Solutions in 2018.
He has also been a Forbes Business Council member and has written about reputation management, including the effect of AI-generated answers on people's online reputations.
There appears to be more than one person named Charles Zakarin online—including a film producer credited on 1989 films—so if you're asking about a particular Charles Zakarin, tell me the context and I can identify the right one. (imdb.com)
Sources: charleszakarin.com, Forbes, imdb.com
Perplexity
Right: the firm, the founder, the address, 2018, the two practices, the founder's 2009 story, American Automotive Equipment, and the Forbes work. Wrong or stale: it repeats an older Forbes profile's wording, "private reputation counsel", and classes the firm partly as advertising and marketing, from a commercial directory.
Read the full Perplexity answers, both questions
Asked: Who is RMG Digital Solutions LLC in Harrison, New York?
RMG Digital Solutions LLC is a Harrison, New York–based private reputation-management and digital-branding firm. It says it helps individuals and organizations assess their online presence, correct or seek removal of inaccurate material at the original source, and develop more complete information across search engines and AI-generated answers.
Company profile - Business: Online reputation management, reputation restoration, branding, and related public-relations/digital-profile services. (zoominfo +1) - Address: 600 Mamaroneck Avenue, Harrison, NY 10528. - Contact: 914-786-3544; info@rmgdigitalsolutions.com. - Operating history: The company's website says it has operated since 2018. - Founder/CEO: Charles Zakarin, who describes the firm's work as private reputation counsel for executives, companies, families, professionals, and organizations facing consequential online-reputation issues. (councils.forbes +1)
What it appears to do RMG markets services focused on high-stakes situations where a person's or business's searchable record may affect employment, business, regulatory, or other decisions. Its public materials describe work that includes: reviewing what appears online and how it is represented in search and AI systems; pursuing corrections or removal when information is inaccurate, primarily "at its source"; building positive, accurate digital content and profiles; protecting and improving personal or company digital reputations; branding and, according to its LinkedIn description, scholarship-management services.
One directory listing says it has worked with people whose online profiles were affected by SEC, FTC, or FINRA matters; that is a stated niche of the business, not a determination about any particular client or its results. (alignable)
Important distinction This appears to be a private consulting/agency business, not a government office, regulator, law firm, search engine, or financial-services company. Public sources characterize it as a small, privately held advertising/marketing or reputation-management company; company-size and revenue figures shown in commercial directories should be treated as estimates rather than audited disclosures. (zoominfo +1)
15 sources.
Asked: Who is Charles Zakarin?
Charles Zakarin is a New York–area entrepreneur and online-reputation-management adviser. He is the founder and CEO of RMG Digital Solutions, a firm that advises executives, professionals, companies, and families on restoring, protecting, and shaping their public digital presence—across conventional search engines and AI-generated answers. (charleszakarin +1)
Professional background Before founding RMG Digital Solutions in 2018, Zakarin reports having worked as a consultant in online reputation management and defamation defense. He also previously founded and led American Automotive Equipment, an automotive aftermarket manufacturer, importer, and distributor, until its reported acquisition in 2012. (linkedin)
Current work His work centers on high-stakes reputation issues: helping clients address damaging or outdated online narratives, improve the context and accuracy of material that appears in searches, and manage how AI platforms synthesize publicly available information about them. He has also written on this subject as a Forbes Business Council member. (forbes +1)
10 sources.
Not recorded
Microsoft Copilot and Grok require a signed-in account before they will answer, so their answers are not recorded here. Bing returned ordinary web results with no AI answer for either question.
The counts
- Operating since 2018.
- 18 people told in 2026, after a first conversation, that nothing needed doing.
- 212 scholarships awarded across 123 institutions, through the programs the firm manages for its clients.
Third parties you can check
- The founder's Forbes Business Council profile, and the article he published there on reputation inside AI answers.
- The recipient institutions on the scholarship page, each a university that published its own award.
- His own site, charleszakarin.com, and his LinkedIn profile, which describe the same history with the same dates as this site.
References
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The method and the standard
Every engagement runs on a published method with a review gate before each stage, and against a standard published so it can be quoted back to us. Both are public, and both are dated.