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Shan (Shanmuganand) Gangadharan

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Founder at Merze
📍 California, United States

Shanmuganand is the founder of Merze, a tax infrastructure platform for American businesses, built from his twenty years of experience in engineering systems. He now focuses on helping global founders navigate complex US tax and compliance challenges. Colleagues describe him as a quick learner, systematic, and a go-getter with sharp execution.

He founded Merze after realizing he was spending 80% of his time on compliance and only 20% on building his product.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
California, United States
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US Tax for Founders
He founded Merze to solve US tax compliance issues for global founders and frequently posts about specific challenges like S-corp elections and sales tax.
Engineering Infrastructure
He has a 20-year background in engineering systems and founded Tranquility Nextech to build high-velocity engineering, cloud, and AI infrastructure for companies.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Founder
Merze
10-2023
Director
Tranquility Nextech
5-2021
Director
Tranquility Consulting
5-2021 - 10-2023
Director and Head - India Operations
eShocan
6-2020 - 5-2021
Business Services Manager
QuEST Global
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Education
1999 - 2002
Bachelor of Engineering - BE
Visvesvaraya Technological University
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