Harte Hanks, Inc. (NASDAQ:HHS) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript May 9, 2024
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Operator: Greetings. Welcome to the Harte Hanks First Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentation. [Operator Instructions] Please note this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Tom Baumann of FNK IR. You may begin.
Tom Baumann: Thank you. Hosting the call today are Kirk Davis, Chief Executive Officer; Kelly Waller, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing; and David Garrison, Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, I want to remind participants that during the call, management’s prepared remarks may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Management may also make additional forward-looking statements in response to your questions today. Therefore, the company claims protection under safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ from results discussed today and therefore, we will refer you to a more detailed discussion of these risks and uncertainties in the company’s filings with the SEC.
In addition, any projections as to the company’s future performance represented by management include estimates as of today, May 9, 2024, and the company assumes no obligation to update these projections in the future as market conditions change. This webcast and certain financial information provided on the call, including reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to comparable GAAP financial measures are available in the earnings press release that was issued shortly after the market closed. A copy of that press release and other corporate disclosure is available on the Investor Relations section of the Harte Hanks website at hartehanks.com. With that, I would now like to turn the call over to Kirk. Kirk, the call is yours.
Kirk Davis: Thank you, Tom, and good afternoon, everyone. I appreciate you joining our Q1 2024 earnings conference call. Joining me today from our Chelmsford, Massachusetts office are Kelly Waller, our Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing and David Garrison, our Chief Financial Officer. Kelly and David were the first two new executive appointments I made last fall. We are fortunate to have assembled an exceptionally strong leadership team. Our team comprises both seasoned executives who have been instrumental to our company for many years and new leaders we’ve recruited to lead sales, finance and our newly established transformation office led by David Fisher. Later in the call, we will delve into our first quarter performance in much greater detail.
However, I want to highlight upfront that on a same-store basis, Q1 was our company’s best revenue performance in the past 5 quarters at minus 3.5%. We are confident we are developing a durable growth engine for our company. More broadly, I’d like to review the progress we are making on our Elevate program. Launched last October, Elevate aims to propel us towards greater agility, innovation and organic growth and customer centricity ensuring that we exceed the expectations of our stakeholders. Our Elevate program continues to evolve and revolves around 4 key areas and work streams. The first is our sales and marketing transformation. While there’s no finish line in sales, we have nearly completed the restructuring and expansion of our sales and marketing organization.
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