David Cossey

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. He is married with two children and resides in the NW suburbs of Chicago.

David Locke

David Locke studied electrical engineering at Devry Institute of Technology, with further studies in electromechanical technology and process controls at the College of DuPage and Mechanical Engineering at Kennedy Western University.   David’s technical career started at Process Technologies Group, a process controls company specializing in tonnage and force monitoring.  While at PTG, David quickly advanced from a field service engineer to Technical Director.   David’s career continued at CM Automation.  As the Engineering Manager, at CM Automation, he managed a group of mechanical engineers, a machine shop and panel shop.  After a short stint as an electrical engineer for a Formtek company, David founded Control Works, Inc.

Since 2005 Control Works has been designing and building machine controls for a wide variety of industrial machinery.  With over 200 successful projects Control Works has positioned itself as a leader in the industrial controls industry.