Tranz4M Founders

That year he won the 100m World Championship in Goteborg, Sweden in 9.97 seconds. But it was in 1996 when Bailey’s star really began to shine. At the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, in front of a worldwide TV audience of millions, Donovan won the 100m final with World and Olympic Record time of 9.84 seconds. Today, Donovan Bailey still holds the Olympic Record for the 100 metres, and the World Record for the 50 metres. He also proudly claims the titles of Canadian Champion, Pan American Games Champion, Goodwill Games Champion, Commonwealth Games Champion, World Champion, and Olympic Champion.

Since retiring from Track & Field competition, Donovan has been a full-time businessman and entrepreneur. He owns a sports and investment management company, DBX Sports Management, and has holdings in real estate, a small restaurant chain, and other businesses. He also is a Track & Field commentator for the BBC, an Ambassador of Goodwill for the Canadian federal government, and a spokesman for many charitable works, including the Canadian Cancer Society, the Ontario Lung Association and Big Brothers of Toronto.

Donovan also has recently created the Donovan Bailey Foundation committed to the advancement and financial assistance of Canada's most talented amateur athletes, so that they too may have an opportunity to achieve Gold. Donovan has extensive experience in generating results in athletics, health and fitness, and business. His leading skills are as a leader, doer, inspirational speaker, communicator, brand creator, strategist, motivator, change agent, and fitness guru.

Mark McKoy
Vice President & Chief Programs Officer
Mark McKoy is responsible for creating the content of the fitness programs at Tranz4m, and ensuring that they are the best programs of their kind in the world. Born in Georgetown, Guyana, 1961, Mark McKoy was 12 years old when his family immigrated to Canada, 1973, settling, Toronto, Ontario. As a high school student, Mark showed early interest in track and field and was soon making a name for himself winning hurdle events wherever there was a track meet.

At age 20, he represented Canada at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, 1982, and won the Gold Medal in the 110-metre hurdles. He repeated this achievement at the Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1986. Although disappointed with his performance at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, placing 7th in the hurdle finals, he spectacularly redeemed himself in the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, 1992, taking the Gold Medal in the 110m hurdles, the first Track and Field Gold Medal for Canada in 64 years. A five-time Olympian, Mark was a member of Canada’s National Track and Field Team, 1980-94. He still holds the world record for the 50m hurdles and is the former world record holder in the 60m hurdles.

He is widely recognized as one of the fastest humans from a still start in history. In 1996, he provided explosiveness training to the Canadian National Karate team prior to the World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic. The Team responded by winning 36 medals, by far their greatest total medal haul ever.

Nicky Billou
President & Chief Executive Officer
Nicky Billou is a graduate of the University of Toronto B. Comm. Program, and a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Georgetown University’s MSFS Program. He has over 15 years of business experience, the past 7 in sales, marketing, and business development, the past 2 as an owner and operator of his own businesses. He has been a keen fitness enthusiast for the past 18 years, and has operated a professional fitness training business since 2002, which caters to CEOs, business owners, senior executives, and other time-starved people. Nicky can be contacted by email at nicky@tranz4m.com

Dr. Mohsen Kazemi
Dr. Kazemi is the Tranz4m Sports Chiropractic Consultant. He is a doctor of chiropractic, and Sports Specialist with certificates in Chiropractic Rehabilitation and acupuncture. He has traveled extensively with the Canadian and Ontario Tae Kwan Do teams as team doctor, and has worked with several Olympic medalists and World Champions in Tae Kwan Do for the past 5 years. Dr. Kazemi has also been a member of the health care team for the Toronto Lynx Professional Soccer Club, Toronto Shooting Stars Indoor Soccer Club and Ontario Soccer Association.

He was appointed as an Alternate Chiropractor for Core Canadian Health Care Team for The Winter Olympics 2002, Salt Lake City and Commonwealth Games 2002, UK. He was appointed as one of the Core Canadian Health Care Team Chiropractors for Pan Am Games, Santa Domingo, August 1-17 2003, working with water-polo, swimming, bicycle racing, badminton, tennis, karate, wrestling, fencing, boxing, basketball, volleyball, soft ball, gymnastic, synchronized swimming, athletics, and soccer athletes.

A full-time clinical faculty member at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College since 1998, he is also a full time Associate Professor and the Sports Sciences Residency Program Coordinator. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate from CMCC in 1996. He completed his Sports Residency program at CMCC and received his Fellowship in 1999.

Dr. Kazemi is the Medical Chairperson for Ontario Tae Kwan Do Association, and the Director of the Sports Specialist Rehab Centre in Toronto. He has published several articles and research papers in peer reviewed journals and presented his research papers and seminars in Sports Chiropractic and Tae Kwan Do around the world. He presented his very recent research, “Sydney Olympic 2000 Tae Kwan Do Athlete Profile” on the podium at the 7th IOC Olympic World Congress on Sports Sciences, Athens, Greece, October 7-11, 2003.

Dr. Tony Galea
Dr. Tony Galea, Tranz4M Medical Consultant, is an M.D. who specializes in sports medicine and exercise physiology. He is the physician who treats and is sought after many of North America’s top Olympic and pro Athletes, including Carlos Delgado, Mark McKoy and Donovan Bailey, and scores of others.

A graduate of McMaster University Medical School, Dr. Galea is recognized as one of the world’s top authorities in sports medicine and exercise physiology. He was the team physician for the Canadian 100 Meters sprint team at the summer Olympics in Sydney, and has been a team physician at major Track & Field and Freestyle Skiing Championships since 1989. He has also been the team physician at Major Tennis Championships (Players International, Du Maurier Women's WTA Canadian Open), the Toronto Marathon, and the Canadian National Figure Skating Championships. A leading advocate of drug free sport, he has been a doping control officer at major championships in Track & Field (Hamilton Spectator Games), Canoeing, and other sports.

Dr. Galea is a member of the University of Toronto Department of Family Medicine faculty, and is Director of the Institute of Sports Medicine& Human Performance. He is also a member of the Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine, The American College of Sports Medicine, The Canadian Medical Association, The Ontario Medical Association, The World Society for Tennis Medicine, and National Association of Disability Evaluating Professionals.

Dr. Marina Zelenovic B.Sc (Hon), C.N.P., RNCP, Doctor of Natural Medicine (DNM)
Marina is the Tranz4m Nutrititional Consultant. She has received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto and then went on to study at the Institute of Holistic Nutrition, where she earned her designation as a Certified Nutritional Practitioner. She has also received her Live Cell Microscopy Certification with NuLife Sciences, for whom she is now a trainer.

Marina splits her time in her nutritional practice between New York City and Toronto, Canada. She has worked with numerous top athletes and lay people alike; creating personalized nutrition and lifestyle protocols to help her clients regain control over their health. In 2002, she wrote Eat Yourself Healthy, Volume I: The Facts, and Volume II: The Foods; two books that set out to simplify healthy eating and provide numerous quick, healthy and tasty recipes.

Domo Kovacevic
Domo Kovacevic is Tranz4m's Director of Fitness Training. A former competitive figure skater, he also played in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). He has coached and trained people at all levels, from Canadian Olympic athletes to the general public for the past 5 years. He is a American Council on Exercise (A.C.E.) and a Certified Fitness Consultant (C.F.C.) certified trainer. He has also appeared in the movie Canadian Bacon with the late John Candy, a Gatorade commercial with NBA star Vince Carter and female soccer star Mia Hamm. Also appeared in several photo shoots for AHF magazine (American Health and Fitness). Consulted for book "Teaching Yourself Visually Weight Training", Published by John Wiley & Sons.

He is now in private practice in Erin, Ontario 1 hour northwest from Toronto and specializes in sports-specific strength and cardio conditioning with the Tranz4m workout. His clientele ranges from professional athletes, CEOs and executives of various large companies, and to anyone who is truly committed to living a healthy and balanced life. He is known for his ability to really deliver on his client's goals and helps them achieve them with velocity.

His Motto in training is: "In this life you have two ways to the finish line and we're all headed there. The 1st way is being out of shape, no energy and constantly complaining about it. And then you die. Or the 2nd way is working out, being healthy, vibrant and giving yourself fully to all of life. And then you die. Choose!"