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Courtney, thanks for joining us today. Thank you for having me. Yeah, it's our pleasure. So how

would you get us started by telling us a little bit about yourself and what you do? All right. My name is

Courtney Kelly. I have two first names. So some people call me Kelly.

Completely okay if you do. I was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and I currently reside in Dallas,

Texas. So when I was about 16, Hurricane Katrina hit, and I decided to become a civil engineer,

which ultimately led me to studying civil engineering at SMU. And I have a degree in civil engineering in math and undergrad,

a master's degree in civil engineering,

and I recently finished my MBA from Lamar University down in Beaumont, Texas.

So that's a bit about my education. What do I do now?

A couple of things.

First thing is I am a construction project manager.

So I've been working on what's deemed heavy civil construction projects for the past 10 years.

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