PacWest Bancorp

Good day and welcome to the PAC West Bank Corp Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. Today's conference is being recorded. At this time, I'd like to turn the conference over to Mr. Bill Black. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you.

Good morning and welcome to PAC West Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call. Investors have been eager for us to do a call for some time, and we're excited to add this to our ongoing investor relations activities. With me in speaking today will be CEO Matt Wagner, CFO Bart Olson, COO and leader of our venture banking business, Mark Young, and our newly appointed president, Paul Taylor. Before I hand the call over to Matt, please note that we may make forward-looking statements during today's call that are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. For a more complete discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, to differ materially for any forward-looking statements, see our company's SEC filings, including the 8 file yesterday afternoon, which is available on the company's website. I'd now like to turn the call over to Matt.