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Waveguide Consulting once again qualified for the audiovisual industry’s highest level of distinction, the Diamond-level Certified AV Solutions Provider designation.

The Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) program–an ANSI-accredited program that’s been administered by InfoComm International for more than 30 years–is recognized worldwide as the leading AV professional credential. To meet the Diamond-level criteria, more than 75 percent of Waveguide’s staff have earned their individual CTS or specialized CTS credentials, including 12 individuals who hold the CTS credential and 15 who hold the CTS-D or CTS-I specialized AV system design or installation designations. The select few companies that achieve CAVSP invest heavily in education and training to stay current on the newest AV technologies and techniques.

We are excited to welcome Iloas Gray to Waveguide’s California office as consultant and project manager. In addition to (possibly, maybe) having been an astronaut, cowboy, mayor of a large city, member of the Royal Swedish Guard, baseball player and a fireman, Iloas is also an AV industry veteran and has extensive experience managing technology job sites, including serving as a firstwave technology manager on Waveguide’s West Hollywood Library project. You can reach Iloas at igray@wavguide.com. Welcome, Iloas!

We are excited to add David Williams as a consultant in our Houston office. David is the former director of engineering for AVI-SPL and engineer/project manager for LD Systems. David brings a unique blend of technical expertise, creativity and an entrepreneurial mindset. David holds a Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) accreditation from InfoComm International, a DMC-D from Crestron Technical Institute, as well as certifications and licenses from Clear One, Biamp and OSHA. David’s indirect path to the AV industry includes a stint in real estate.

Waveguide’s Houston office opened in 2012 and serves a growing number of corporate clients, including One Shell Plaza.

Welcome, David!

Waveguide recently rolled out our new manufacturer-distributor portal, Wavelet. The intent of Wavelet is to give all bidders a fair opportunity to bid your product by providing transparent access to information on Waveguide bids, which may be extracted for your forecasting and record use. Initial bid information will be searchable by date, Waveguide project manager and city. The information on Wavelet includes the name and city of the project, name and location of the integrators invited to bid (if known at the time of bid), and a general contact form. The bid information is posted the same week, and often the same day as the project goes out to bid. The bid due date will not be included on Wavelet, but is easily attainable from one of the listed bidders.  Also included is a comprehensive list of products used by Waveguide design team members as the basis for design. Any updates to quantities and model numbers that are the result of the RFI process will not be reflected on the website.

We are proud of this new system of sharing information with manufacturers, and we hope it will be very useful to bidders on Waveguide projects. If you have any questions or if you would like to obtain Wavelet credentials for your company, please contact Harry Allison.

Welcome to Wavelet!

Waveguide is pleased to announce the addition of Alberto Lopez to its Los Angeles office. Alberto is a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD), and his technical expertise and experience will support Waveguide’s work in communications infrastructure planning, consulting and project management. His technical experience includes distributed antenna, nurse call, biotelemetry, clinical EMR and integration engine applications, audiovisual, public address, physical security, CCTV/surveillance, area of refuge and fire alarm.

Welcome, Alberto!

LOS ANGELES, July 26, 2012…Today the city welcomed the opening of the first two blocks of Grand Park, a new public green space in the Grand Avenue Corridor of downtown Los Angeles. Grand Park was conceived as a way to support downtown revitalization and is celebrated as a major milestone in that effort.

After undergoing a $56-million renovation, the 12-acre park–situated along Grand Avenue and within Instagram-ing distance of iconic Los Angeles art and architecture, including City Hall and the previously obscured Arthur J. Will Memorial Fountain–now provides a visually arresting community gathering place where visitors can take “respite from the grind of city life.” Grand Park was designed with the goal of using technology to turn this public space into a dynamic urban media environment, creating an engaging sense of place for all its visitors.

Waveguide is proud to have contributed to this landmark project.

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Waveguide is pleased to announce the addition of Ross Cunningham, PMP, RCDD, CTS-D, ITIL, to Waveguide’s esteemed team of technology leaders. Ross will serve as a director of technology consulting, which he will manage from Waveguide’s new Houston, Texas, location. Ross was most recently a director/consultant with HBR Consulting (formerly Baker Robbins), where he was responsible for the Tech Facilities practice. He specializes in strategic implementation of audiovisual and collaboration systems for the legal market and larger corporate headquarters projects including Shell, H&R Block and Sysco.  Ross’ more than 17 years’ experience in the technology industry includes audiovisual strategy and design, IT project management and data center design.  He holds certifications in audiovisual design, project management, service management and information technology systems.

And he’s a heck of a nice guy!

Waveguide congratulates Scott Walker, president and CEO of Waveguide, for his induction into the first annual System Contractor News AV Hall of Fame. The hall of fame was created “to honor those professionals who are shaping our industry through their professional and volunteer efforts.” Scott was recognized for his many years of contribution to the communications technology industry, including serving as the first non-dealer president of InfoComm International, the premier organization for pro AV professionals; representing the industry in its campaign for the inclusion of AV credits in the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program; and chairing the task force that designed InfoComm’s new Sustainable Technology Environments Program (STEP) green AV rating system as a complement to LEED. Scott was also recognized for his work at Waveguide, where he promotes green practices in communication technology design; champions LEED accreditation for principals, project managers and designers; and spearheaded the initiative to achieve an AV credit for the LEED certification of Waveguide’s new headquarters.

“Scott Walker is a trailblazer in the AV industry,” Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D., executive director and CEO of InfoComm International, said to Systems Contractor News. “More than four years ago, he became the world’s first LEED AP, CTS-D.”

Scott is a contributing editor to rAVe GreenAV and writes a monthly column, Eco Systems, on trends in the green AV movement. Waveguide is also a registered AIC-CES provider, and Scott regularly delivers green AV presentations to architects for continuing education credit.