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Christian Jensen | Partner and Co-Head, Private Investments at Dragoneer |
Rajeev Aggarwal | Founder, CEO, President & Director |
William Newman | CFO & SVP |
Greetings. Welcome to Cvent's Third Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. Please note, the conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Amy Sy [ph], Investor Relations. you. Thank
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