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About Stephen
Stephen Shang is the CEO and co-founder of Falcon Structures, the leading manufacturer of shipping container-based structures. Under Shang’s leadership, Falcon has created safe and quickly deployable structures for virtually every industry seeking a better way to create functional space. To date, Falcon has produced one million square feet of container structures.
Shang is also an industry ambassador advocating for the safe use of shipping containers for container-based structures and serves on the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council. Considering the rapidly changing regulatory environment, Shang has helped forge and achieve sensible standards and building codes for the use of shipping containers as building materials by working with the International Code Council (ICC) and the Modular Building Institute (MBI).
Shang is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Entrepreneurial Masters Program. He and his family live in Austin, Texas.
Industry Advocacy
Drawing on his experience leading Falcon, Shang is an industry ambassador advocating for the safe use of containers for container-based structures and serves on the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council. In light of the rapidly changing regulatory environment, Shang has helped forge and achieve sensible standards and building codes for using shipping containers as building materials by working with the International Code Council (ICC) and the Modular Building Institute (MBI). In 2018, Shang was awarded the MBI Volunteer of the Year.
Community Involvement and Philanthropy
Shang is passionate about entrepreneurship and education. He is a regular speaker and guest lecturer at his alma mater, The University of Texas at Austin, where he shares insights from his entrepreneurial journey. Shang is a member of the Engineering Advisory Board at UT Austin. He has served on numerous non-profit boards, including The Rotary Club of Austin, The Thinkery, the ECE Advisory Board, and the Entrepreneurs' Organization.
