Chad is the founder of Braintree Marketing, Inc. and the creator of From Your Friends Relationship Marketing. Chad began his career in the marketing departments of two Fortune 500 companies, and started his first business in 1995, successfully building a boutique real estate agency in Southern Colorado.

In 2001, Braintree was founded as a full-service advertising agency specializing in real estate and homebuilding, and shortly after, the From Your Friends Program was launched. Chad is a graduate of the University of Colorado (#skobuffs), with a Bachelor of Science in Advertising and a Bachelor of Arts in English.