David Hugley | General Counsel and Secretary |
Karen Rapp | Chief Financial Officer |
Eric Starkloff | Executive Vice President-Global Sales and Marketing |
Alex Davern | President and Chief Executive Officer |
Vijay Bhagavath | Deutsche Bank |
Patrick Newton | Stifel |
Richard Eastman | Baird |
Good day, everyone, and welcome to the National Instruments Fourth Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded.
You may refer to your press packet for the replay, dial-in numbers and passcode. With us today are David Hugley, General Counsel and Secretary; Alex Davern, President and CEO; Karen Rapp, CFO; and Eric Starkloff, Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing.
For opening remarks, I'd like to turn the call over to Mr.