Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.

as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the risk factors set forth under the caption risk factors in our perspectives filed with the SEC on September 3rd, 2021, and in our other documents filed with or furnished to the SEC. The forward-looking statements made today represent our views as of November 10th, 2021. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, We cannot guarantee that future results, level of activity, performance, and events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur. Acceptance may be required by applicable law. We specifically disclaim any obligation to update them to reflect future events or circumstances. Before I turn the call over to Peter George, let me briefly bring to your attention a few upcoming investor events. Tomorrow, Thursday, November 11th, we will be at the Steeple Midwest Investor Virtual Conference. On Tuesday, November 30th, we will be at the Credit Suisse Technology Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. And on Wednesday, December 15th, we'll be at the Imperial Capital Conference in New York City. We will also be hosting a variety of other live and virtual investor events throughout the quarter. For more information or to schedule a meeting with the management team at any of these conferences, please contact me at bnorris at evolvedtechnology.com. With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Peter.

Peter? Thanks, Brian. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. We have a lot of exciting news to share regarding the third quarter and our business momentum. But before we start, I want to take a moment to formally introduce Mario Ramos, who joined us last week as Chief Financial Officer of and Chief Risk Officer. Mario brings over two decades of executive experience building and leading high-growth companies, and his financial and strategic leadership will be instrumental in supporting our next stage of growth. He's had a very successful career, which included a six-year run at CVS in a variety of executive leadership roles, including CFO of CVS Caremark. Before that, he was head of CVS's M&A and corporate development group and led the acquisition and integration of Aetna, which, as you know, is a signature transaction in the transformation that CVS has gone through. He has also served as COO of CVS International and spent over 17 years on Wall Street, primarily at J.P. Morgan and Lehman Brothers. We're thrilled to have you on board. Welcome, Mario.

Thank you, Peter. It's great to be here, and thank you for the warm welcome. I'm excited to join the team, and I look forward to meeting and working with all the members of the investment community. Let me just share a little bit of why I joined the company, which started first and foremost with its mission. I really believe strongly in Evolve's mission of creating a safer world for everyone to work, learn, and play. Also, as we continue on our growth trajectory, I believe we'll need to continue scaling the business to maximize efficiency and maintain our market-leading position. This means building a solid foundation and infrastructure across the company with a special focus in certain areas like supply chain, among others. I'm proud to say I've spent a large portion of my career scaling and leading digital transformations of companies based in the U.S. and abroad. I'm looking forward to putting that experience to work at Evolve a leader in one of the fastest-growing markets across all of technology.