Fred Lampropoulos | Chairman, President and CEO |
Brian Lloyd | Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |
Bernard Birkett | CFO |
Joe Wright | CIO |
Larry Biegelsen | Wells Fargo |
Bob Hopkins | Bank of America |
Matthew O'Brien | Piper Jaffray |
Jason Mills | Canaccord |
David Saxon | Needham & Company |
Jayson Bedford | Raymond James |
Jim Sidoti | Sidoti & Company |
Mike Petusky | Barrington Research |
Mark McGrath | Kenmare |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Merit Medical Systems’ Inc., Q1, 2018 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] And as a reminder, this call is being recorded. I would now like to introduce your host for today’s conference, Fred Lampropoulos, Chairman and CEO.