Ned O'Leary

Ned O'Leary is the cofounder and Chief Executive Officer of Tesseral, an open-source authentication platform designed specifically to address the unique security requirements of business software applications. Prior to establishing this enterprise technology company, he held professional roles at the recruiting software startup Gem and the global management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group, where he developed his foundational expertise in product design, identity infrastructure, and access management. In his current executive capacity, O'Leary directs the engineering and design of identity solutions that integrate emerging, large language model-native methods into traditional authentication systems. He has also authored technical literature detailing multi-factor authentication methods, evaluating their practical implementation in modern software environments. Ultimately, O'Leary's professional focus centers on bridging complex identity infrastructure with intuitive product design to modernize secure access management for business-to-business technology platforms.