Bryan Brokmeier | Senior Director-Investor Relations |
Chris O'Connell | Chief Executive Officer, President and Director |
Sherry Buck | Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President |
Tycho Peterson | J.P. Morgan |
Dan Leonard | Deutsche Bank |
Ross Muken | Evercore ISI |
Amanda Murphy | William Blair |
Puneet Souda | Leerink Partners |
Derik De Bruin | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Doug Schenkel | Cowen |
Dan Arias | Citi Research |
Jack Meehan | Barclays |
Steve Beuchaw | Morgan Stanley |
Patrick Donnelly | Goldman Sachs |
Good morning. Welcome to the Waters Corporation First Quarter 2018 Financial Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] This conference is being recorded. If anyone has any objections, please disconnect at this time. It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to Mr.