Aaron Au

Chief Technical Officer

Born:
Guangzhou, China

Prior Experience:
Informix - Senior Software Engineer, Project Lead
Aspect Telecommunication - GSS Consultant
Eality - Engineering Manager

Education:
UC Berkeley - BA, Computer Science

What I like to do outside of work:
Sports of any kind, I enjoy watching and playing. I also enjoy playing video games, and working on puzzles.

Q: Where in your background did you learn the most?
A: Starting at SuccessFactors 5 years ago, I made tons of mistakes, but I learned from them.

Q: If you could meet one person in history, who would you meet and why?
A: Thomas Edison. He never gave up, learned from his mistakes and always tried to improve. He tested more than 3000 filaments before he came up with his version of a practical light bulb.

Q: What's been your biggest surprise during your time at SuccessFactors?
A: How we were able to attract great people and build such a fantastic team over a short period of time and being able to scale the business without a slow-down in efficiency.

Q: If you had 20 seconds to tell a new client about why they should use SuccessFactors, what would you say?
A: I'd tell them about our people. We have the people to make sure our customers will have nothing but success.

Q: Why are you proud to work at SuccessFactors?
A: I am proud to work with such a great group of individuals. I love to see what we are able to execute and learn together.