Boston Executive Mentors

This year's Boston-based executive mentor biographies:

Rudina Seseri, Founder and Managing Partner, Glasswing Ventures

Rudina Seseri is Founder and Managing Partner of Glasswing Ventures, leading the firm’s investments in AI-native enterprise SaaS, cloud, IT software, and vertical markets. Rudina has led investments and/or served on the Board of Directors for Reprise, Verusen, Asepha, Basetwo, Inrupt, Iris Finance, FeatureByte, Ship Angel, Flux, Telmai, Atlantic Quantum (acquired by Google), Common Sense Machines (acquired by Google), Plannuh (acquired by Planful), Zylotech (acquired by Terminus), Celtra (acquired by STG), CrowdTwist (acquired by Oracle), and Navigant Consulting (acquired by Veritas), among others.

Rudina has over 20 years of experience investing and operating in high-growth companies across AI and Frontier Technology, IT software, cloud, and enterprise SaaS. Before venture capital, Rudina was a Senior Manager in the Corporate Development Group of the Microsoft Corporation, where she led a number of successful transactions and investments.

Rudina is also an Executive Fellow of the Harvard Business School (HBS). Her appointment followed four consecutive years of being chosen by the Dean of HBS to serve as an Entrepreneur-In-Residence for the business school. Furthermore, Rudina was a member of the inaugural group of Rock Venture Capital Partners at HBS, and she was appointed to the Board of Directors of the New England Venture Capital Association. She is also a Connection Science Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), serves on the Board of Directors for M&T Bank (NYSE: MTB) and MSC Industrial Supply (NYSE: MSM), and served as a member of the Governor of Massachusetts’ Artificial Intelligence Strategic Task Force.

Rudina has received the Pinnacle Award for Achievement in Entrepreneurship from the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and has been distinguished as a Top Woman Early-Stage Investor on Business Insider’s Seed 40 list for three consecutive years (2024-2026), names to the Top 100 Women in AI 2026 list, recognized as a Tech Power Player 50 by the Boston Globe. She has earned recognition on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 Women Entrepreneurs List and as a Boston Business Journal Power 50: Newsmaker. Additionally, Business Insider named Rudina a Top VC investing in AI and Machine Learning as well as one of the Most Important VCs in Boston. Venture Capital Journal named Rudina a Women of Influence, Startup Boston named her Investor of the Year, and Boston Business Journal included her as a 40-under-40 honoree for her professional accomplishments and community involvement.

Rudina graduated magna cum laude from Wellesley College with a BA in Economics and International Relations and holds an MBA from HBS. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Epsilon honor societies.

Tim Tehan, Group President - United States, Hill & Smith PLC

Tim was formerly a regional president within CRH Americas Materials, a vertically integrated building materials supplier in North America. Prior to CRH, Tim held commercial and general management roles at Sensata Technologies, a leading supplier of power management solutions, and program management and corporate development roles at Eaton Corporation, a diversified industrial manufacturer. He began his career as an Officer in the United States Army serving both domestically and overseas.