I'm Phil. I write songs, sing, play guitar, drink Dunkin Donuts coffee, and walk my dog...and now I can proudly add that I am part of the "Single MENtality" show here on The Pulse Network!
Aside from a short sojourn in Nashville, I've lived my entire life between my native Rhode Island and Boston. Although I currently tell most people I'm a shark feeder at the New England Aquarium (or whichever aquarium happens to be closest), I have, in actuality, been a "full-time" singer-songwriter since I left my job at Fidelity Investments, and have released two records thus far. Prior to Fidelity, I worked for years at the Pawtucket Red Sox selling tickets, souvenirs, and ice cream in little plastic hats, and somewhere along the line managed to slack my way through Tufts University and trick someone into giving me an MBA from Boston College.
I have always been fascinated by social and interpersonal relationships, especially between men and women, and recently found myself questioning "Should I go back to school and learn more about this stuff?" Instead I decided to do what most people who want to talk about a subject but don't know much about it do...start an online show. I am excited to be on The Pulse Network and I hope "Single MENtality" is as much fun in real life as I think it is in my head.
If you want to get in touch, I am on many sites online (some of them legal), includingwww.philayoub.com, Facebook, MySpace (yes, still on it), and Twitter @philayoub.
The residential southern of The Pulse Network, I am a producer at TPN. Born and raised in the great state of Florida, where I attended Florida State University and graduated with a bachelors in Communications. Shortly after graduating I moved up to Massachusetts and took an internship at the Pulse and was eventually offered a full-time job here. From August to January you'll find me rocking my garnet and gold at the FSU bar in Boston and when the weather is finally nice getting back to my roots in the sun.
Michael Minichello is a Restaurant Professional with 25 plus years experience. He started in the industry working for his Parents at the Washington Tap a small local bar in Quincy, MA. It was here that he quickly learned the culture of making your guests part of the family. His Parent’s would also take Michael and his two Sisters to a different restaurant for dinner every Sunday. From watching them build their business and the exposure to the hospitality world his passion for the industry was born. Over his career there have been very few positions that Michael has not held. He started washing pots and pans in a prep room, where he learned the fine art of shucking oysters for Rockefeller and making buckets of melon balls for garnish, basically any tedious task that the cooks didn’t want to do. Eventually he became a line cook and went on to The Culinary Institute of America. After graduation he held many FOH and BOH Management positions, some for independent companies (Barrett Family Restaurants and DePasquale Ventures) and some for large corporate organizations (Rare Hospitality and Legal Seafoods). Over time Michael has been fortunate to work with some of the best Executives in the industry. Whether it is helping develop a concept, turn one around, or just finding and building successful teams, he hopes to “make the restaurant world a better place today than is was yesterday and today it is pretty darn good.”
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