Robert Cortese
Senior Director, Portfolio Strategy
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Cortese is a senior portfolio strategy and monetization leader with 10+ years driving pricing, product strategy, and go-to-market decisions for SaaS and enterprise portfolios. At SolarWinds he leads cross-functional teams shaping strategy for 50+ products and contributes data-driven insights to M&A deliberations, building on prior roles where he delivered sustained double-digit growth through pricing and operational discipline. He combines an MBA-backed analytical toolkit with hands-on experience running deal desks, revenue dashboards, and sales enablement programs to protect margins and accelerate growth. Earlier stints at HotSchedules and Disney show a rare blend of consumer and B2B pricing expertise, from retail assortment and promotional ROI to complex enterprise deal management. Based in Austin, he balances strategic leadership with a pragmatic, process-oriented approach that scales across product lines and markets. Outside work he’s into computers and corgis, hinting at a technical curiosity and personable leadership style.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Finance Marketing and Analytics, MBA Finance Marketing and Analytics at UCLA Anderson School of ManagementBachelor of Science (B.S.) Marketing General, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Marketing General at NYU Stern School of BusinessProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
RobertMCortese/Powershell-Snippets
Dec 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:33 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
RobertMCortese/Happy-IP
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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