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Chiao Cheng

Critic · DISC type C
CFO at Tala
📍 Santa Monica, California, United States

Chiao Cheng is the CFO of Tala, where he progressed from being the first finance hire at Series B. His expertise lies in scaling global finance organizations, securing capital through multiple equity and debt rounds, and managing M&A activities, such as DogVacays merger with Rover. He holds an MBA from UCLA and is a Certified Public Accountant.

There is no publicly available information about Chiaos personal life, interests, or hobbies outside of his professional career.

He built Talas global finance organization from zero to 25 professionals while driving 10X revenue growth.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
CFO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Santa Monica, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Chiao shows up

ROI Driven
Information Seeker
Precise

They prefer to do logical analysis and value evidence over emotions. They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms. They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data.

Priorities

Topics Chiao cares about

Scaling Finance Teams
He built Tala's global finance team from the ground up and frequently posts about hiring for key roles, showing a focus on talent acquisition and team building.
Growth-Stage Funding
He has successfully secured capital through more than three equity raises and four debt funding rounds to enable aggressive company growth initiatives at Tala.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
CFO
Tala
2-2022
SVP, Finance
Tala
2-2019 - 2-2022
VP of Finance
Tala
10-2015 - 6-2017
Controller
DogVacay (Acquired by Rover, March 2017)
9-2014 - 10-2015
Assistant Controller
Creative Technology
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Media appearances

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Education
2012 - 2014
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
UCLA Anderson School of Management
2002 - 2005
Bachelor's Degree
California State University, Los Angeles - College of Business and Economics
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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