David Cortese

David Cortese was named Chief Digital Information Officer of McGraw Hill in April 2024. As CDIO, Mr. Cortese is responsible for digital experience and innovation strategy, including IT, customer experience, digital product management and engineering, cybersecurity, AI, and data, analytics and insights. Mr. Cortese has over 30 years of experience in a variety of technology and operational leadership roles and joined McGraw Hill from The Influential Network, Inc., where he served as Chief Digital Officer until April 2024, overseeing enterprise product and engineering teams and AI solutions. Mr. Cortese also served as Chief Commercial Officer at Simbe Robotics, Inc. until January 2023, where he led product development for Simbe’s AI-driven subscription data services. From July 2012 through February 2020, Mr. Cortese also served as the President of Digital Technology at Advantage Solutions, and has held a variety of technology leadership roles at Comscore, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Accenture. Mr. Cortese has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.