Timothy Fitzgerald | CEO & Director |
David Brewer | EVP & COO |
Bryan Mittelman | CFO |
Mircea Dobre | Robert W. Baird |
James Clement | Buckingham Research |
Lawrence De Maria | William Blair & Company |
Saree Boroditsky | Jefferies & Co. |
Jeff Hammond | Keybanc Capital |
Jason Rodgers | Great Lakes Review |
Walter Liptak | Seaport Global |
Thank you for joining us for The Middleby Corporation First Quarter 2019 Conference Call. With us today from management are CEO, Tim Fitzgerald; CFO, Bryan Mittelman; and COO, David Brewer.
We will begin the call with opening comments from management, then open up the lines for Q&A. Directions on how to get in the queue will be given at that time.
Now, I'd like to turn the call back to Mr.