Tiana Zora Hayes

Co-founder & CTO at Brook Cloud · fintech, product

Brook Cloud

Denver, CO · MT (UTC-7)

13+ years experience

Boston University

English

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Overview

I started Brook Cloud to fix B2B payments for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Raised $39 million across 3 rounds. Before that: Lyft and Johnson & Johnson.

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Early customers and design partners
Second opinions on fintech decisions

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fundraisingfintechB2B salesproduct

Co-founderLooking for a co-founder

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Looking for a commercial co-founder for compliance automation for D2C brands

The idea: Compliance automation for D2C brands
Stage: Customer interviews
I bring: 12 years in B2B payments
Looking for: Commercial co-founder who has sold to enterprises
Commitment: Full-time after funding
Location: Denver or remote

I bring 19 years of B2B payments (currently Brook Cloud). Ideally you've shipped B2B software. Full-time from day one.

Denver, CO · remote OKb2b salesfintechfundraising

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Experience

Co-founder & CTO
Jan 2025 - Present
Brook Cloud · 1 yr 9 mo · Contract · Denver, CO
- Previously built and sold a small B2B payments company.
- Raised $3 million across 2 rounds.
- Grew the team to 51 people across 2 countries.
Sales Development Representative
Dec 2021 - Jan 2025
Lyft · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Denver, CO
- Opened 9 new logos over $5 million ACV in the region.
Sales Development Representative
Nov 2018 - Dec 2021
Johnson & Johnson · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Denver, CO
- Signed 10 channel partners that now source 32% of pipeline.
Regional Sales Director
Mar 2016 - Aug 2018
Boeing · 2 yr 5 mo · Contract · Denver, CO
- Closed 204% of quota two years running.
Enterprise Account Executive
Jan 2014 - Mar 2016
Shopify · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Denver, CO
- Closed 197% of quota two years running.

Projects

Side project: a commute planner

2025

Built with fundraising and fintech. 1683 people used it last year.

Open-source fundraising toolkit

2024

A small library for B2B payments that 407 developers star on GitHub.

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Education

Boston University
BS, Engineering
2002 - 2006

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