Biography

Glenn Dobby has an international reputation for advancing fundamental knowledge to successful commercialisation in the minerals industry. In a career of over 45 years, including academia and the joint management of two successful companies, Glenn has been at the fore-front of technology transfer into the global mining industry. Glenn received both his Masters and PhD degrees from the Department of Mining & Metallurgy at McGill University, and his early career included a period as a Research Engineer at MIT, followed a few years later as a Professor in the Metallurgy & Materials Science Department of the University of Toronto. During this time, Glenn forwarded the sphere of knowledge in the fundamental characteristics, modelling, design and operation of column flotation. In 1991, Glenn joined Glenn Kosick at MinnovEX Technologies, and remained as Vice-President of the company until its sale to SGS in 2005. After a number of years of consulting to the minerals industry, Dobby and Kosick founded Woodgrove Technologies in 2009, with the mandate to introduce next-generation flotation equipment into the mining industry.