TOM DUGGAN: Our sponsor this year for Working Capital Management is Ariba and I'm pleased to introduce Peter Lugli, who will present the awards today. Peter is senior director of working capital management and business development at Ariba. In this role he is responsible for the company's strategies in marketing regarding working capital management solutions offered to Global 2000 companies and their suppliers.

Prior to joining Ariba, Peter served as vice president of marketing and global program management for a global supply chain finance technology solutions provider based in Atlanta. He pioneered supply chain finance enablement methodologies for companies such as Volvo, Lowes, Kohl's and others. An interesting fact about Peter, he also served as chief of staff to Canada's Minister of International Trade, and senior special advisor to Canada's Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. Peter received his law degree from the University of Windsor and a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Ottawa in Canada. So now I'd like to turn it over to Peter.

PETER LUGLI: Thank you, Tom, and thank you, Donna, as well for the warm reception you've shown Ariba at this event. This is our first time here as sponsor. We're typically perceived more as a supply chain solutions provider, but given economic conditions of late, what happens in the supply chain is resonating very strongly with folks in this room.