About Us – Drop

The Drop Story

Drop Positioning Systems was founded in 2014 as a system integrator specialising in wireless indoor positioning by Laurence Lee and Ben Tang, friends who had met as unit mates during their reservist days. Between them, they possessed a winning set of skills that grew Drop into a versatile technological innovator. Laurence brought with him skills in finance and business acumen, while Ben is a maker and engineer skilled in technical enablement from ground up.

Founders

Laurence Lee

CEO, Director

Co-Founder of Drop Positioning Systems. Laurence has a bachelor’s degree from the National University of Singapore, with a previous financial background in portfolio and relationship management. After 7 years in the financial industry, Laurence made his first foray into the technology business with Ben Tang (CTO) and founded Drop Positioning Systems in 2015. For this project, Laurence will be dealing with the operations and work delegation communication between the various vendors and Drop herself.

Responsible for the business development efforts in expanding existing verticals and daily running of operations within the company, Laurence enjoys the interaction with clients and prides himself as a natural people person.

Ben Tang

CTO, Director

Co-Founder of Drop Positioning Systems. Ben has a masters in electrical engineering from university of Pennsylvania, previously worked in MNCs such as Dell and Intel. Responsible for technological innovations and specialist in wireless circuitry. For this project, Ben will be dealing with mainly the radio design and tuning of the solution.

Active in the maker community in Singapore, has a knack for rapid prototyping and system integration. Ben has participated in exhibition, given talks and conducted workshops on a pro-bono basis. A natural educator of technological pursuits.

Founders

Laurence Lee

CEO, Director

Co-Founder of Drop Positioning Systems. Laurence has a bachelor’s degree from the National University of Singapore, with a previous financial background in portfolio and relationship management. After 7 years in the financial industry, Laurence made his first foray into the technology business with Ben Tang (CTO) and founded Drop Positioning Systems in 2015. For this project, Laurence will be dealing with the operations and work delegation communication between the various vendors and Drop herself.

Responsible for the business development efforts in expanding existing verticals and daily running of operations within the company, Laurence enjoys the interaction with clients and prides himself as a natural people person.

Ben Tang

CTO, Director

Co-Founder of Drop Positioning Systems. Ben has a masters in electrical engineering from university of Pennsylvania, previously worked in MNCs such as Dell and Intel. Responsible for technological innovations and specialist in wireless circuitry. For this project, Ben will be dealing with mainly the radio design and tuning of the solution.

Active in the maker community in Singapore, has a knack for rapid prototyping and system integration. Ben has participated in exhibition, given talks and conducted workshops on a pro-bono basis. A natural educator of technological pursuits.