Byline Bancorp, Inc.

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Thank you, Bailey. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Byline Bancorp's first quarter 2024 earnings conference call. In accordance with Regulation FD, this call is being recorded and is available via webcast on our Investor Relations website, along with our earnings release and the corresponding presentation slides. As part of today's call, management may make certain statements that constitute projections, beliefs, or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the company. We caution that such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed. The company's risk factors are disclosed and discussed in its SEC filings. In addition, our remarks and slides may reference or contain certain non-GAAP financial measures, which are intended to supplement but not substitute for the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the comparable GAAP financial measures can be found within the appendix of the earnings release. For additional information about risks and uncertainties, please see the forward-looking statement in non-GAAP financial measures disclosures in the earnings release. As a reminder for investors, this quarter we plan on attending the Stevens Chicago Bank Conference and the Raymond James Chicago Bank Tour. With that, I would now like to turn the conference call over to Alberto Parcini, President of Byline Bancorp.

Thank you, Brooks. Good morning and welcome to Byline's first quarter earnings call. We appreciate all of you taking the time to join the call. With me this morning are Chairman Roberto Herencia, our CFO, Tom Bell, and our Chief Credit Officer, Mark Fusinato. In terms of the agenda for today, I'll start with highlights for the quarter, followed by Tom, who will walk you through the financials, and then I'll come back and wrap up with some comments before opening the call-up for questions. As a reminder, you can find the deck on our website, and as always, please refer to the disclaimer at the front. Before we get started, I would like to pass the call on to Roberto for some comments. Roberto?