Sharon Olexy is an Operating Partner for Ajax. She is a 20-year veteran of Silicon Valley where she has raised over a billion dollars for Ecommerce, Edtech, Fintech, AI and SaaS companies. Sharon is an advisor to various Fintech startups in the gaming, payments, payroll, lending, income-generating and student loan repayment space. Her board seats include Kueski whose mission is to extend safe, transparent lending products to the emerging middle class of Mexico. She is the former COO of LendUp, a Fintech company for the underbanked. Her early career included mergers and acquisitions at BBVA Compass and joint ventures at Shell Oil Company. Sharon has an MBA in Finance and Venture Initiation from UCLA.