Mo started his athletic career as a soccer player and played for 27 years. He is currently an avid triathlete, mountain biker, cross country skate skier, and adventure racer. After a 10 year stint with IBM and IBM Research, and completing an IBM sponsored MBA program, Mo started his own management consulting company, The Aarc Group (www.aarcgroup.com), in 2002, focusing on small to medium sized commercial companies and non-profits. Mo founded TANYC in 2003 and has lead the organization ever since. Mo is also the Vice President and on the Board of Directors of WE MOVE (www.wemove.org), an international organization dedicated to movement disorders. He has lived in NYC since 1999 and is currently with Microsoft as a strategist and management consultant. You can contact Mo by emailing him at .
JEROME ISAKOV, Coach
Jerome is certified as a USA Triathlon Coach having received his training at the USA Training Center. He is also a F.I.S.T Certified in bike fitter, as well as a Personal Trainer. He works with all levels of athletes and beginners. Endurance, performance, weight loss and consistency to deliver results at any race or distance is key.
He has raced for many years as a cyclist and then upgraded to triathlon and delivers consistent results from sprint to ironman length races. Jerome has been an Honorable as well as All American. Has raced on Team USA and run 3 New York Marathons and many others. As well as placing 1st in his age group in an Ultra marathon. USATriathlon 2005 ranking #1 in NY.
ANDRES HERRERA, Coach
Andres is a USAT Certified Triathlon Coach and also a Certified Private Trainer from The National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).
He has been involved in triathlons since 1998 and currently races for the Enhance Sports Elite Team and as a Pro in Colombia in ITU format races (South America). He made All- American for the 2006 season and almost all the races he has done since 2006 he has placed top 10 overall. He wants to bring all his knowledge to TANYC and help each member to improve, whether they do triathlons for fun or if they want to move up to the next level. His coaching experience includes working for a long time as a Swim Instructor at Asphalt Green in NYC and at Badger Swim Club in Larchmont, NY; Head Swim Coach for the Hewitt School in Manhattan for 3 years; teaching cycling and Running classes and private training for some of the best gyms in the city.
Denise Mast joins TANYC as Senior Merchandise Coordinator after spending her youth as a prostitute in Guam. Following that, Denise was a member of PETA and a very unsuccessful fur trader. She competed on the Czechoslovakian competitive origami team from 1993-2004 and is looking forward to bringing sexy back.
Tamara Jackson comes to TANYC as Senior Communications Coordinator having spent most of the last two decades collecting the assorted vinyl works of Neil Diamond. She is rarely without a sling shot, water balloon and/or rotten vegetables (she loves random demonstrations of the laws of physics and reason in public spaces). Tamara is proud to have a credit score north of 500 and looks forward to bringing the ugly back.
