Joel Lavarez

Joel Lavarez has over 25 years of work experience in various technical and managerial roles. Joel has served as the Director of Technical Operations at IMAX since 2015. Prior to that, they were a Senior Manager of IT Operations at DivX, LLC from 2014 to 2015. Joel also worked as a Senior Systems Engineer at PRIMA Cinema, Inc. from 2012 to 2014.

Before their roles at IMAX, DivX, and PRIMA Cinema, Joel worked at Rovi, where they held the position of Sr. Unix Systems Administrator - Production Operations from 2005 to 2012. Joel also worked as a Web Developer at DivX Networks from 2005 to 2006.

Further back in their career, Joel was a General Partner and Co-Founder at grid05.lanworks, LLC from 2004 to 2006 and at [XLG].network from 2001 to 2004. Joel also served as a Systems Admin/Webmaster at Artisan Entertainment from 1998 to 2000.

Joel's early career includes roles as a Web Developer and Network Administrator at Digital Insight from 1995 to 1998. Joel utilized HTML, CGI (C++), and various design software tools to create websites for financial institutions.

Overall, Joel Lavarez has a versatile background in technical operations, IT management, systems administration, web development, and network administration.

Joel Lavarez attended California State University, Northridge from 1994 to 1996, but no degree or field of study information is provided. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained the Google Cloud - Create and Manage Cloud Resources Skill and Google Cloud Essentials from Google in 2020. Joel also obtained the GSEC certification from GIAC in an unspecified month, and they are a Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS), with no specified year.