Gevo, Inc.

Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the GEVO first quarter 2024 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 the question during the session, you will need to press star 1-1 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star 1-1 again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Eric Frey, Vice President of Finance and Strategy. Please go ahead.

Good afternoon, everyone.

This is Eric Frey, Vice President of Finance and Strategy. I'm also responsible for investor relations here at JIVA. Thanks for joining us to discuss JIVA's first quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2024. I would like to start by introducing today's participants from the company. With us today are Dr. Patrick Gruber, Chief Executive Officer, and Lynn Small, Chief Financial Officer. We also have Dr. Chris Ryan, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Dr. Paul Bloom, Chief Carbon Officer and Chief Innovation Officer. Earlier today, we issued a press release that outlines the topics we plan to discuss. A copy of this press release is available on our website at www.givo.com. Please be advised that our remarks today, including answers to your questions, contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different from those currently anticipated. Those statements include projections about the timing, development, engineering, financing, and construction of our sustainable aviation fuel projects, our recently executed agreements, our renewable natural gas project, and other activities described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are incorporated by reference. We disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. In addition, we may provide certain non-GAAP financial information on this call. The relevant definitions and GAAP reconciliations may be found in our earnings release, which can be found on our website at www.gbo.com in the investor relations section. Following the prepared remarks, we'll open the call for questions. I would like to remind everyone that this conference call is open to the media and we are providing a simultaneous webcast to the public. A replay will be available via the company's investor relations page at www.givo.com. I'd like to now turn the call over to CEO of Givo, Dr. Patrick Gruber. Pat?