First Pacific Islander to complete an MBA Uluomato'otua ("Ulu") Saulaulu Aiono ONZM (born 1954) is a Samoan-born New Zealand technology entrepreneur, civic leader, and philanthropist.

[1] In 1983, after completing his Bachelor of Computer Science degree at the University of Otago, Aiono founded the enterprise resource planning software company Cogita.

[9] The Aiono family across from the Alexandra Park racecourse, where Ulu and his brother collected Coca-Cola and Fanta bottles to earn money.

[4] Aiono founded Cogita in 1983 while working full time,[11] shortly after receiving his bachelor's degree in computer science.

[18] The forum was replaced by new departments within the Auckland Council after the inaugural super-city elections on 9 October 2010 and this is when Ulu ceased his time here.

[20] TPCT was a primary health organisation (PHO) providing medical and dental services to over 8,000 patients located in Central Auckland, Mangere and Manurewa.

[21] NPRT was established in May 2002 to direct government funded projects such as various campaigns which promoted anti-family violence and awareness for rheumatic fever and chronic illness.

[29] In this role, he considered social and economic factors which contributed to the under-employment of Pacific Islanders in New Zealand and what was needed to fix this.

[31] In this role, Ulu claimed "If Aotearoa NZ's tertiary education leaders do not develop radical, effective, methods of drastically cutting the lead time to produce skilled people...then Kiwis will have to get used to being foreigners in their own country."

In 2010, Ulu became Chairman of Cloud Region Limited, an entrepreneurial company under the COGITA group that provided computing services to New Zealand's primary health sector and the global online travel bookings industry.

[33] What started out as a home-schooling programme in the garage of its founder,[34] Sita Selupe, grew into an initiative that connects Māori and Pacific families to a three-way learning process, where Whanau Educators take parents and their children through real-life, problem-solving strategies in order to reach higher academic achievement and greater engagement in their children’s education.

On 1 September 2017, one of New Zealand's newest biotech companies, SensorFlo, was introduced into the industry with Ulu as Chairman and Seed Capital Funding First Investor.

Progress was made when Callaghan Innovation approved a research and development grant for SensorFlo which enabled experimental designs on non-invasive blood glucose measurement.

He said, "The combination and integration of our two organisations’ collective skills and experience will make us more effective in identifying the bottlenecks and constraint in the full inventory of determinants for health and wellbeing.

"[47]Ulu married Margaret Gavin Brown in the late 1970s and they had a son in 1998, Loligi Alexander Saluafata Aiono, who was named after his maternal great-grandfather.