---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-21-025419"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PRLB"
cik: "0001443669"
company_name: "Proto Labs Inc"
filed_at: "2021-11-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T12:00:59.430205+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Proto Labs CFO John Way resigns; Dan Schumacher named interim CFO

## Summary
- John Way resigns as CFO effective Nov 30, 2021, to pursue another opportunity.
- Dan Schumacher, VP of IR and FP&A, appointed Interim CFO effective Dec 1, 2021.
- Schumacher has been with Proto Labs since April 2017; previously at Stratasys and Rockwell Automation.
- Way will assist with transition through November; CEO Rob Bodor thanked Way for his leadership.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-025419
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PRLB
- cik: 0001443669
- company_name: Proto Labs Inc
- filed_at: 2021-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1443669/000143774921025419/0001437749-21-025419-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1443669/000143774921025419/prlb20211104_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-025419.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dan Schumacher was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Proto Labs Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: As of the same date, the Company also appointed Dan Schumacher, age 46, as Interim Chief Financial Officer and principal financial and accounting officer, effective December 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1443669/000143774921025419/0001437749-21-025419-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Way departed as Chief Financial Officer at Proto Labs Inc.
  - Action: resigning
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 5, 2021, Proto Labs, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that John Way would be resigning from his position as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective November 30, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1443669/000143774921025419/0001437749-21-025419-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.