Waveyard Development, LLC added Jeffrey Gustin as vice president of construction management. Before joining Waveyard’s development team, Gustin was a co-founder of Liquid Design; the architecture firm responsible for the master design and construction management of the U.S. National Whitewater Center (USNWC) in Charlotte, North Carolina. The USNWC is the world’s largest multi-channel, re-circulating, whitewater course. Gustin’s direct project responsibilities included; consultant management, regulatory and utility negotiations, design, construction management, scheduling and budget control.

A recipient of a Masters Degree of Architecture from the University of Illinois and a licensed architect in six states, including Arizona, Gustin will be responsible for the management of Waveyard’s planning, design, engineering and construction to create a world-class facility. “Coming off of the completion of the USNWC in Charlotte, there is literally only one person in the world with Jeffrey’s relevant experience in whitewater course design and construction management,” said Waveyard co-founders Richard Mladick and Jerry Hug. “The first time we met Jeffrey, Jerry turned to me and said, ‘we have to hire him,’” said Mladick. Gustin currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife, Tara and three-year-old son, Alec.