For the past three decades, Waveguide has been providing seriously sweet AV solutions. Learn more about our history year-by-year by surfing through our company timeline! {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} Waveguide is founded by Scott Walker in Scott’s first house in Decatur, Georgia, marking the company’s official launch. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} 1996 1996 Emory University's Goizueta Business School becomes Waveguide’s very first client, establishing our footprint in higher-education technology projects.
 {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} Waveguide delves into innovation early, deploying a pioneering IP-based remote AV helpdesk for The University of Wisconsin’s Pyle Center.

Waveguide’s second logo debuts in the late 90’s. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} 1998 Waveguide answers a client need by adding dedicated software and support teams. The innovative teams known respectively as Brainwave and Firstwave immediately create value for clients by helping them make the most of their technology investments.

After completing design work on CDC Buildings 21 and 24, Waveguide lands its first-ever Firstwave support contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
{{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} 2003 2006 Waveguide celebrates its 10th anniversary in business.

Waveguide enters the legal sector by serving as AV designer and operator for Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s headquarters. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} As leaders in establishing AV as a critical component in the burgeoning sustainability movement, Waveguide achieved the first-ever LEED credit for an AV solution at our client KeyBank in Ohio, and Scott Walker was the world’s first AV professional to hold both CTS-D and LEED AP accreditations. Waveguide’s new headquarters was LEED certified.

Waveguide grows into a coast-to-coast firm by opening locations in California and Florida, staffed with 40 Waveriders and a diverse portfolio of clients. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} 2007-2008 Waveguide was honored by AVIXA in their first annual green AV awards for being an industry trailblazer in sustainable design. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} 2010
 Waveguide delivers AV design on hometown brand Coca-Cola’s Workplace 2020 project and later signs on to operate with the Firstwave team.

The third iteration of the Waveguide logo was launched as a nod to the evolution from AV to integrated AV/IT technologies.

Scott Walker becomes the first inductee into System Contractor News’ AV Hall of Fame, honored for his leadership in sustainability initiatives and contributions that have shaped the industry.
 {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} 2011-2012 2013 In partnership with Rios Clementi Hale, the Grand Park project earned multiple honors, including the Los Angeles Architectural Award of Excellence, the NECA Los Angeles Electrical Excellence Award, and AIA Los Angeles Building Team of the Year. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} 2014 Waveguide is entrusted as Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) worldwide AV/IT advisor. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} Waveguide is recognized as the industry’s first APEx certified (AVIXA AV Provider for Excellence) consultant, signifying independently audited excellence in project management, technical performance and client experience. We have achieved it every year since. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} 2015
 2016 On its 20th anniversary year, Waveguide becomes part of the Compass Group USA family of companies, the leading foodservice, facilities, and support services organization worldwide. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} 2017 Waveguide partnered with Gensler on the Hyatt Global Headquarters, a workplace designed to support collaboration and global connectivity. The project was recognized as a 2017 Interior Design Best of Year Winner for Large Corporate Office. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} Waveguide’s crew surpasses 100+ employees and expands to approximately 46 states.

Waveguide provides AV solutions for seven Bank of America sites spanning across five cities nationwide, including Charlotte and New York City. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} 2018-2019 Waveguide helped Pfizer launch a next-generation hybrid headquarters at NYC’s Hudson Yards, designing and operating broadcast-ready meeting spaces and control rooms so that in-person and remote participants could collaborate effortlessly. This cemented Waveguide’s role as a hybrid work pioneer when it mattered most. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} 2020 2021
 The Waste Management Headquarters project, completed with Perkins&Will, earned multiple honors, including AIA Chicago and AIA Houston Interior Architecture awards, and was named Interior Design’s Best of Year winner for Large Corporate Office, with finalist recognition for Environmental Graphics and Branding. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} PHOTOGRAPHY: © Peter Molick Photography 2022 Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, a collaborative project with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill that included our AV consulting and design expertise, earned an AIA California Design Award of Merit. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} Waveguide takes on a pioneering role at The Hive at Microsoft research and development lab to shape next-generation meeting spaces. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} 2023
 2024 Illumina’s world-class Executive Briefing Center, a project in partnership with ZGF, won Interior Design Magazine’s Best of the Year Award in the Health/Biotech Category, as well as the Calibre Design Award. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} PHOTOGRAPHY: © Alexander Severin Scott McLain is appointed President of Waveguide, while Scott Walker moves into the role of founder.

Waveguide takes home Consultant of the Year at the first-ever Sony AV Partner Awards during InfoComm. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} 2025 2025 OC Health Care Agency at Marine Way, a project in partnership with Gensler, brings home several awards including the AIA OC Merit Award. The project is also acknowledged by the National Design-Build Awards in two categories: National Award of Merit in Federal/State/County/Municipal and National Best in VDC (Virtual Design Construction).
 {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} PHOTOGRAPHY: © Mike Kelley Meeting you where you are for 30 years and counting... Waveguide celebrates three decades of seriously sweet AV solutions by debuting One Waveguide, an integrated technology hospitality model that makes it easier for you to connect. Now, no matter where you find yourself on your technology journey, we meet you there...and help you get to where you’re going next.

We also launched our first-ever Innovation Expo – bringing what’s next directly to you. {{current_slide_index}} - {{total_slide_count}} 2026
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