Avantax, Inc.

Welcome to the Q2 2023 Avantax earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in listen only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during this session, you need to press star one one on your telephone. You would then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to Dela Trail, director of investor relations.

Please go ahead.

Thank you and welcome, everyone, to a Vantax second quarter 2023 earnings conference call. Yesterday afternoon, following market close, we issued our earnings release and posted the release and supplemental information on the investor relations section of our website at bantex.com. I am joined today by Chris Walters, Chief Executive Officer, and Mark Melman, Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, let me remind everybody that today's discussion contains forward-looking statements that speak only as of the current date. As such, they include risks and uncertainties. and actual results and events could differ materially from our current expectations. Please refer to our press release and our SEC filing, including our most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, for more information on some of these specific risks and uncertainties. We assume no obligation to update our forward-looking statements except as required by law. We will discuss both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures today. Our earnings release and supplemental financial information are available on the investor relations section of our website at avantex.com and include full reconciliations of each non-GAAP financial measure discussed to the nearest applicable GAAP measure. With that, let me hand the call over to Chris.