stage.

All right.

Good evening.

Well, I've been given 30 minutes, and I think Jeff just took away half of that time, so we'll figure this out.

But tonight we have a few jobs.

We all have a job here today.

My job is here to share some stories with you all, and your job is to make sure I don't fall off the stage.

I'm curious to know what are some of the things that companies can do or industry can do that can make getting employed and being employed more accommodating for the blindness community?

What he has committed his life to is not about himself, and it's about others, and honestly, that is the most inspiring thing I've learned from you, my friend.

And I appreciate that, Mike, and, uh, this has been an amazing journey working side by side on this and with our team.

It's been a dream come true.

There's no better job or role than to be part of the Ablr team and, and do what we were doing, and I know that it's going to continue.

And under your leadership, I know it's the right time to be able to have that change.

And with Kim Casey, who's gonna be our chief operating officer, you guys are gonna do an amazing job together leading that team, and I know that the team is gonna continue to grow and reach new highs that we never even thought possible.

And I'm just wondering, what is your memory of the first conversation that we had? What were your semi-honest thoughts? [laughs]

Funny that you bring this up 'cause when I was making the decision, I went back through old emails and to look back at the history, what was going on back in 2019 when you and I were first connected.