Classmates at Disney Animation included filmmakers such as Pixar's John Lasseter, Tim Burton and Don Bluth.
Since then, Varab has done work for Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic, Universal Pictures and Sullivan Bluth Studios.
Varab's work has appeared in such films as The Fox and the Hound, All Dogs Go To Heaven, FernGully: The Last Rainforest, We're Back!
A Dinosaur's Story, Casper, Balto, Mulan, The Rugrats Movie, Titan AE, and Tugger: The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly.
Over the past three years, Varab has been heavily involved in pioneering the use of stereoscopic rendering and autostereoscopy in animation.