Paul Van Metre

I Help Machine Shops Excel - Former Machine Shop Owner - ERP QMS MES Solutions & 3x Podcast Host 🎙

Bellingham, Washington, United States

About

I love helping companies improve! Seeing them become more efficient and have more fun at work! How did I get this amazing job? I started a machine shop out of college called Pro CNC. We eventually sold that company but during that time, we developed a web based ERP, MES and QMS system called ProShop. We now sell ProShop to companies around the world. It's incredibly rewarding to see the vast improvements we are able to help clients achieve by implementing ProShop. We are able to make meaningful improvements, not only in their businesses, but in their personal lives as well, as they have more success in business with less stress and fewer hours. It's humbling to be a part of such change. What could be better?! My second passion is evangelism of our industry by sharing stories of the amazing people in our precision manufacturing industry on my podcasts. We have the best people that show up with humility, grit and ingenuity everyday. If I can help to share those stories to inspire others, I’m gonna do it.

Experience

  • Co-Founder & Chief Industry Evangelist at ProShop ERP
    Jan 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 6 mos

    ProShop is a revolutionary software for manufacturing companies to help them realize considerably more profit and throughput with far less frustration. Our software was built over 17 years while my partners and I grew and sold Pro CNC (see below) and includes all the traditional functions of ERP, MES and QMS, but it is a completely novel approach that works considerably better than other products on the market. We also take a very intimate approach to helping our customers implement and realize improvements in their business.

  • Co-Host at MakingChips
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    Co-Host of the Making Chips Podcast, the #1 podcast for the Metalworking Nation

  • Host at Machine Shop Mastery
    May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

    The Machine Shop Mastery Podcast helps to elevate the importance of the machine shop industry and reveal the secrets of success for machine shops, to inspire other shop owners or would-be shop owners to follow their passions, start and grow their shops to be an economic driver for our economy and their stakeholders.

  • Host at Manufacturing Transformed
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Sharing the transformation stories of companies using ProShop ERP.

  • Board Advisor at Kimbo Campers LLC
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos