Military and sales stints

- ately after earning his college degree with honors. He was assigned in Mindanao, which saw him surviving an encounter with rebel forces that killed 12 of his comrades.

After resigning from the Army, he remembered the father of a student whom he helped cross enroll for ROTC and his promise to seek his help if he needed work any time.

Despite his Industrial and Management Engineering degree, he was given a job as warehouseman at Mariwasa,

Lorna convinced Cayas to cross over to the pharmaceutical industry, starting out as a medical representative for Astra. It was there that he stayed long until he became regional sales manager.

“It was in my many years in Astra that I was able to save up, climb the company ladder toward becoming regional sales manager, and gain from further training in studies both here and abroad, while raising a family.”

In fact, it was during this turning point in his career that A native of Catbalogan, Samar, Cayas—here with his 90-year- old mother and siblings—left home at age 16, promising only to return a successful man

bought it and merged it with the Mumbai-based Lupin Pharmaceuticals. This made him decide to look for another organization where he can share his expertise.

He was contented doing sales and marketing consultancy work for GNC when his former boss at Multicare and current Multilink President Dr. Francis Wade Gomez convinced him to work full time as COO in 2015.

when he thought of offering free delivery to his target market, he established “Competitive Advantage.”

“I was laughing inside as those aspects and principles were being discussed because I learned all about them on the streets. I just didn’t know I had an actual Business Plan back then,” he said.

And after everything he went through to make it to the top, those who know the rough life he endured especially wonder why he is so generous in mentoring subordinates. To be sure, no one will call him out for