The Las Vegas-headquartered modular housing manufacturer Boxabl Inc. announced the appointment of Shanmugam “Shan” Palaniappan as chief technology officer (CTO).
Palaniappan was most recently senior vice president of engineering at Sagent, a mortgage and consumer fintech. He was previously vice president of engineering at Metrika and CTO of the SaaS Platform at DataRobot. Palaniappan holds two master’s degrees, one from Harvard University and a second from Tennessee State University. He attended Annamalai University in India for his undergraduate degree.
Paolo Tiramani, co-CEO of Boxabl, stated, “Shan brings the ideal blend of technical expertise and real-world experience to help rewire Boxabl into an AI-native company. We plan to rearchitect the organization into a flat, seamlessly interconnected system powered by real-time data and embedded intelligence across every function — from sales forecasting and cost modeling to land feasibility and supply chain optimization. While it’s difficult to fully quantify the potential impact of this transformation, we believe it will significantly increase productivity and empower our team with greater digital agency.”
