Irene Au @ireneau is an operating partner at Khosla Ventures, working with portfolio companies to make their design and UX great. She drives strategic discussions at the highest levels of companies, focusing first on user needs to inspire product innovation.

As former head of the design teams for Google and Yahoo, and a leader in UX at Netscape and Udacity, she has been one of the biggest employers of UX talent.

Irene balances this hectic schedule through committed yoga practice and instruction.