Timothy FitzGerald | executive |
James K. Pool | executive |
Bryan Mittelman | executive |
Mircea Dobre | analyst |
Steve Spittle | executive |
Jeffrey Hammond | analyst |
Saree Boroditsky | analyst |
Tami Zakaria | analyst |
Brian McNamara | analyst |
Walter Liptak | analyst |
Thank you for joining us for the Middleby First Quarter 2024 Conference Call. With us today from management are CEO, Tim FitzGerald; CFO, Bryan Mittelman; Chief Technology and Operations Officer, James Pool; Chief Commercial Officer, Steve Spittle and Vice President of Investor Relations, John Joyner.
We will begin the call with opening remarks then open the lines for questions. Instructions on how to join the queue will be given at that time.
Now I would like to turn the call over to Mr.