The man himself rarely wastes words, but he does take pleasure in articulating the technicalities of financial auditing, back-end IT best practices and, more recently, cutting-edge railway safety technology. Lian first spotted an opportunity to revolutionise a decades-old railway safety technology while running his previous IT consultancy business. At its most basic, the PIES system comprises a series of sensor-activated, weight-sensitive plates, installed just underneath the tracks. In fact, his company recently launched the new and improved PIES system in Indonesia. “Legacy versions of the PIES system already exist in other countries.

Source: The Edge Markets May 23, 2019 09:11 UTC