France Au is a Principal Consultant at Clausematch. We recently sat down with France to learn more about his role at Clausematch.
As a member of the Professional Services team, I view my role as an intermediary between Sales, Customer Success, and Product teams while helping clients bring our Clausematch platform to life for their compliance needs. My role is mainly focused on the formal implementation of the Clausematch platform once contracts are signed, sealed, and delivered. I also provide assistance to internal stakeholders and external prospects during the sales process.
Personally, I was trying to train one of my two cats, named Sunny, how to fetch. It is still a work in progress, but I think he may have reached his peak potential, or I am a terrible trainer.
Professionally, I was a consultant implementing GRC solutions for clients across various industries from retail, financial, universities, hospitality, food and beverage, to hospital networks and healthcare clinics.
There are so many reasons, but if I had to boil them down into four, it would be:
It’s been a short amount of time since I’ve joined so those moments are still building for me. However, the one that sticks out to me the most is the “coming together and support for” our colleagues in challenging times. I am so impressed by the leadership team’s resiliency, responsiveness, and continuing aid to its employees. It speaks tremendous volumes about who they are, what values they stand for, and the love they have for everyone at Clausematch.
We’ve all heard the phrase “Actions speak louder than words”, and Clausematch truly embodies that mantra.
I think the one piece of advice that I would give is to not be afraid to reach out to your colleagues and introduce yourself and learn about them and from them. They have great experience, knowledge, and interesting stories!
It has always helped me to 1.) feel connected and 2.) expedite the learning process.
I have always thought of myself as a bland person, and sadly for me, it was confirmed to be true after speaking to some of my colleagues and learning about their hobbies. While I don’t have very many hobbies, I do enjoy traveling, golfing, watching nature and crime documentaries, and trying not to burn my food when I cook.
It’s a bit of a toss-up between traveling to a place of nostalgia or a place yet to explore. I spent a few years in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam after college, and it seems like it was just yesterday that I was there, but it’s been over a decade since I’ve been back. Out of all the Asian countries that I’ve been to, it is my favorite and a second home to me. I miss the warm culture, rich history, exuberant sites, smells and sounds, and most importantly the food.
For a place unexplored, I’d love to go to France. My name is “France” so I think it would be pretty funny for the French to meet me. I imagine a recurring scene would be something like, “Hi my name is France. No, you are in France. Yes, I know but no. My name is France. What?”