David Cossey was born in the UK and studied Mechanical & Production Engineering at Leeds Polytechnic, then electronics & microprocessor systems at Bradford Technical College. Prior to becoming involved with industrial machinery he worked in the Aerospace industry as technician repairing and servicing actuation systems for military aircraft, and guidance controls for weapon systems. For 25 years he has worked for several major CNC press manufacturers, in service, applications and machinery sales. He founded Eurobrake in 2003 and merged the company with Control Works in 2013.