deon, david, john, dan, rick, donovan, tom, preston, mike, walter, eric, ken, ann, and lucinda. [applause] thank you so much. and continue. >> thank you, tom. now let me call on our steering committee co-chair, who will also introduce a sponsor's representative for their companies. our first co-chair is the national director at sprint. dan -- [applause] >> thank you. good afternoon. i know it has been a very full week for everyone. as i go to introduce my executive, i would like to start up by thanking all of you will, the u.s. conference of mayors, president kautz, and the entire staff for waterfall conference. as we look at what we do in the public-private partnership, where more similar than we are dissimilar in terms of the corporate environment and private sector. we have a board of directors. as of mares, you have a city council. you have to balance the budget and work with your constituents. we have to do is something similar, and that is grow market share and work with our customers. with that said, we understand that it is all about partnership, and we look forward to w