User:Mayub321/sandbox

Background and Early Life

Mikael Adam Ayub was born in Albany, New York on January 20th, 1988. The son of an engineer and an architect, he later moved to South Florida when he was 5 years old. At the age of 7, he began the sport of fencing winning first and second place in Interclub-state Tournaments. Also picked up the guitar at the age of 13 and after a knee injury he had to drop the sport of fencing at the age of 15. In his early childhood participated for ten years scouting as a cub scout and a boy scout, earning nineteen merit badges and obtaining the life rank.

Career in Music

In High School Mikael played in a band called “N0vanity”and was featured in many battle of the bands commonly winning first place. He opened for former Ozzfest touring band Endzo on their very first performance. His talent was picked up by Multi-platinum selling producer Chad Dexter who showcased it to Def jam records in conjunction with other collaborating artists but was later dropped from the label. Mikael is still actively making music and is known for his electronic funk rhythms.

Occupational Career

After working many under the table and restaurant jobs throughout High School Mikael entered his career as a management consultant getting an internship in May 2011 with The Highland Group based out of London, UK,. There he was able to gain experience in the field of management consulting doing operations improvement work. There he proved himself to be a valuable asset to the company after being asked to come back at the end of his 12 week internship as well being given business cards from the company.

Education

Mikael Ayub holds a High School diploma and is currently enrolled at Broward College majoring in MIS.

Self-interests

Besides being a musician Mikael is an active world traveler has visited eight countries so far on multiple occasions including South Africa, Mexico, and United Kingdom.