Rob Truby, founder of Rift Software Rob Truby is an engineer with an MSc Eng from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Born in Natal, South Africa, Rob migrated to Perth, Australia in 2004.
While working as a tailings engineer for Fraser Alexander Tailings, a major operator of tailings facilities in South Africa, Rob recognised a lack of adequate tailings deposition modelling software on the market. At the time, modelling was undertaken using CAD software, which was both cumbersome and tedious. To remedy this, Rob started development of Rift TD, our flagship product.
Following years of development, Rift TD was first released in 2005. From its early days, Rift TD has grown to include advanced Digital Terrain Modelling tools and a Finite Volume Dam Breach Module, Rift FD, which was introduced in early 2024.