Avalara, Inc.

Good afternoon. My name is Chris, and I'll be your conference operator today. At this time, I'd like to welcome everyone to the Avalara fourth quarter and fiscal year 2021 earnings conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you'd like to ask a question during this time, simply press star, then the number one on your telephone keypad. And to withdraw your question, please press star one again.

Thank you, Jennifer Giannola, Vice President of Investor Relations. You may begin.

Good afternoon and welcome to Avalara's fourth quarter and fiscal year 2021 earnings call. We will be discussing the results announced in our press release issued after market closed today. With me are Avalara's CEO, Scott McFarland, and CFO, Ross Tenenbaum. Today's call will contain forward-looking statements. which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Security Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning financial and business trends, the impact of COVID-19 on our business and global economic conditions, expectations regarding the integration of acquisitions into our business and growth opportunities, and synergies arising from such acquisitions. Our expected future business and financial performance and financial conditions, and our guidance for the first quarter and fiscal year 2022, and can be identified by words such as expect, anticipate, intend, plan, believe, seek, or will. These statements reflect our views as of today only, should not be relied upon as representing our views at any subsequent date, and we do not undertake any duty to update these statements. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. For discussion of the material risks and other important factors that could affect our actual results, please refer to the risks discussed in today's press release, our annual report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2021, and our other periodic filings with the SEC. During the call, we will also discuss non-GAAP financial measures, which are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A reconciliation of the GAAP and non-GAAP results is included on our earnings press release, which has been filed with the SEC and is also available on our website at investor.avalera.com. With that, let me turn the call over to Scott.