Alex Triplett is Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Appfire, a leading global provider of next-generation software that enhances, augments, extends, and connects the world’s leading platforms such as Atlassian, Microsoft, Salesforce, and monday.com. Alex is responsible for capital structure, capital allocation, investor relations, operational scalability, financial objectives, and shareholder returns. Prior to Appfire, Alex served as Global Head of Corporate Development for TA portfolio company ION Group and CFO for ION’s Corporates Division. Prior to Appfire, Alex served as Global Head of Corporate Development for ION Group. During his time at ION, Alex closed 22 acquisitions worth $11 billion in Enterprise Value, raised and refinanced $27.5 billion of debt and drove ION’s growth from a single division and 600 people to 12,000 people across 5 divisions. He also managed ION’s captive PE vehicle that completed minority and majority investments in a variety of software businesses and purchased LP stakes in technology VCs. Prior to ION Alex was an investor at TA Associates. Alex holds a B.S. in Commerce from the McIntire Business School at University of Virginia and is based in New York.