"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
A Story God Was
Writing the Whole Time.
Chad was born with hemophilia, and from the beginning, God was already working it for good. What the world might call a limitation, the Lord used as the forge for an uncommon drive and willpower — shaping a young man who would learn early that his worth was never tied to performance. That same God-given fire carried him through school and made him the first in his family to earn a college degree, graduating from the University of Central Florida.
He had considered a path toward medicine as a doctor, but the Lord gave him a clearer vision in 2003. Chad was to stay close to the medical space on the business side of it. He reverse engineered the hiring path into the top three medical device companies and, by God's favor, landed a role at Stryker, where he spent the next thirteen years selling medical devices.
After a few years of stabilizing his territory and stewarding what God had provided, he launched JavaWorks out of his garage with a handful of machines. For the next decade, he held the line at Stryker by day and built JavaWorks by night and on weekends. What began as a few machines in a garage became one of the largest regional office coffee service providers in Central Florida — with a team of thirty employees serving Tampa Bay and Orlando across office coffee, water filtration, and micro-market solutions. Every step of the growth carried the Lord's fingerprint.
In December 2021, God brought that chapter to a close with a Fortune 50 acquisition Chad could never have engineered on his own. It was a victory authored in heaven long before it ever showed up on paper. But what came after the exit is what truly defines the story.
The Lord began to slow him down. Chad traveled to Costa Rica, learned what it meant to be still before God, and founded a corporation named In Lak Ech — a Mayan phrase meaning "Oneness with God." It has become the most meaningful chapter of his life, the season where he moved from human doing to human being. In that stillness, the Lord reshaped the desires of his heart, turning his focus from ownership to stewardship.
Today, Chad stewards a portfolio of ventures, investments, and real estate — not as an owner, but as a manager of what belongs to God. The question behind every decision is simple: does this glorify Him?
