Jan Tai

Go-to-market and product. First hire at a London climate-tech startup, now doing a master's in information systems at Carnegie Mellon. I like building things and talking to the people who use them.

Pittsburgh, PA · Hong Kong · London

Right now

I'm at Carnegie Mellon's Heinz College doing the MISM (Master of Information Systems Management), graduating December 2027. Coursework this fall: database management (SQL), Python for software development, generative AI lab, and product strategy. I'm looking for summer 2027 internships across product, GTM, and product marketing - if you're building something interesting, I'd rather show you what I've done than send you a PDF.

Experience

CBAMBOO First hire · GTM lead

Dec 2023 – Dec 2025 · London

CBAMBOO is the carbon intelligence platform for CBAM, the EU's flagship trade policy - it lets enterprise importers measure, price, and optimize the carbon cost of their supply chains.

  • Joined as hire #1 when the company was 3 people with no revenue. When I left, it had raised $1.3M and grown to 10 people.
  • Owned the full sales cycle - outbound strategy, demo playbooks, proposals, SOW templates - and led a sales team of 2.
  • Generated $7.8M in pipeline and $300K in ARR across 30+ enterprise accounts, ACVs from $6K to $100K.
  • Designed and iterated the self-serve onboarding flow for the free tier - 400+ activated users.
  • Turned 120+ product demos into product requirements, designed the core analytics dashboard, and ran the feedback loop between customers and engineering.
  • Ran the CRM and weekly analysis - 1,600+ sales interactions converted into insight for the team and for investor pitch decks.

EY-Parthenon

Jun – Aug 2022 · Hong Kong

Summer intern, Strategy and Transactions - Turnaround and Restructuring. Supported resolution planning for global banks, audits for government entities, and corporate liquidations.

Chief Tech Electronics

Jul – Aug 2021 · Hong Kong

Marketing intern on the technical marketing team. Created B2B marketing content and tested sales pitches.

Projects

Global protein markets model

Independent research

Python-based model of the $1.4T global protein sector, projecting how rising carbon costs reshape demand, pricing, and the split between conventional and alternative proteins. Mentored by a climate analytics researcher at an NGO.

Untitled Instagram app Building now

2026

An app idea around Instagram I'm building this semester. Write-up goes here when it ships.

Education

Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College

Master of Information Systems Management (MISM)

2026 – 2027 · Pittsburgh

University of Exeter

BSc Economics and Politics

2020 – 2023 · UK

London School of Economics

Alternative Investments (summer school) - VC, private equity, hedge funds

2021 · London

Contact

Fastest way to reach me is email. I also speak Cantonese and (intermediate) Mandarin, if that's useful.