Lawrence Cortez

Lawrence Cortez currently serves as the Director of Business Relationship Management at Ventura Foods, a position held since November 2024. Prior experience includes serving as the Director of Accounting at Heliogen and the Senior Director of Enterprise Applications at HealthEquity from August 2019 to July 2023. Cortez held several roles at WageWorks, including Senior Director of Enterprise Applications for Financial Systems and Director of Corporate Application for Financial Systems, from October 2014 to August 2019. Earlier in career, Cortez worked at The Word & Brown Companies in various capacities, such as Operations Accounting and Systems Manager, Project Manager, and Staff Accountant. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from Vanguard University of Southern California, earned between 1999 and 2003.