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Thanks for joining us for episode 253.

What's going on, Mark?

We got people in the room.

It's, yeah, yeah, yeah. We did last time, too, but just like a, just like, you know, George R. Brown. Whole conference. It's a little bit different. These are those bozos that cyber hacked us and took over the show. Oh, the ones that hog, they hog tight us. That was you, yeah. Oh, yeah, ball guy. Full bruns. So Jason and team, welcome back.

This is the end of the year. If listeners, if you don't know by now, I don't know how you cannot know now, but IBM is the sponsor of this show. It's just awesome to have y'all back in here, almost like family. We're closing out the year. we want to talk a little bit about what we all think about some of the main points of last year.

We want to talk about what we think is going to happen in the year. We want to talk a little bit about what we all think about some of the main

points of last year. We want to talk about what we think is going to happen in the future. But before we get into that, Paige, we have no review. Oh, well, that's because we just recorded the other day. So, hey, if you like the show, leave us a review. I'd love a five-star review. If you don't like this show, leave us a two store and tell us what we can change.

Actually, let's go around the room real quick, because

if you haven't listened to the takeover show, you may not know the IBM team here. Let's start. Jason, you want to go this way and work your way around? Hey, I'm Jason Duff. Scottish based in Houston for the last two years.

You have to point out

you're Scottish, right? Because they can't hear it in your...

Oh, so... Do you know what all this problem is my strong Texas accent? I don't get back to Scottish, clearly. Sorry, that's true. A good point. Are we continue the recording? Yeah, we're going, dude. Oh, okay, sorry. Keep going. Yeah, so Jason Duff, based in Houston, last couple of years, North America oil and gas lead market, you know, in with the team developing relevance, being great partnering with you guys getting out there and, yeah, doing our stuff in the oil and gas business. Yeah, we love you all to death. Let's keep going. Let's see you introductions. Hey, guys, Brian Woodward here on Jason's team. I lead Slumbershay as the lead account partner from IBM. I'm a native Texan. Jason thinks he's a native Texan. He's slowly becoming one. But what I tell you the day, right? I think we've got the formula for world domination, right? I think Scott has just enough Texas in

him to get a seat to the rodeo. And tall. And just enough Euro common sense, right? You know,

so it's a great mix. Almost. Almost. Just a little. Just a little. Anyways, happy holidays,

everybody. It's good to be here. Hey, this is Brad Walker. I'm the Exxon Mobile Account partner. I work for Jason as well.

I'm an import into Texas, but I'd like to consider it home for the long term. I'm looking to

Brian, who is the native to give me more clues in terms of how I hide my accent, how I make

myself a little bit more native. But I love Texas. I've been here

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