Heliogen, Inc.

Good morning and welcome to the Heliogen Inc. first quarter 2023 conference call. As a reminder, today's call is being recorded. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the prepared remarks. I would now like to turn the call over to Lewis Baltimore, Heliogen's Vice President of Investor Relations, for opening remarks and introductions.

Thank you, Operator, and good morning to everyone. We're glad you could join us today for our first quarter 2023 conference call. With us on today's call are Chris Gioviaia, Heliogen's Chief Executive Officer, and Kelly Rosser, our Interim Chief Financial Officer. Heliogen issued its results yesterday afternoon in a press release that can be found on the Investors section of our website at heliogen.com. As a reminder, our comments on this call include forward-looking statements which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These statements include expectations and assumptions regarding the company's future operations and financial performance, including implementation of the company's strategic plan and growth initiatives, plans to prioritize sales of the company's industrial steam product, and installation of commercial scale projects, expectations for scaling the company's concentrated solar thermal technology, discussions with potential customers, and commercial contract progress. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated in the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements that we make on this call are based on assumptions as of today, and we undertake no obligation to update these statements as a result of new information or future events. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially can be found in yesterday's press release and other documents filed with the SEC by the company from time to time. During this call, we may also refer to certain non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to and not as a substitute for or in isolation from GAAP results. More detailed information about these measures and a reconciliation to the most comparable U.S. GAAP measures is contained in the press release issued yesterday, which is available in the investor section of our website and was furnished on Form 8K with the SEC. A replay of this call will also be available on the investor section of our company website this afternoon.

And with that, I'm pleased to turn the call over to Christy Obiea, our CEO.