Art Shrian Tiwari, Co-Founder & CEO
Art Shrian Tiwari, also known as Rahul Tiwari in the corporate world, is the Co-Founder and CEO of myNewYorkeye.
Along with being an experienced entertainment reporter, he's now a full time ACTOR & WRITER. Art is an ex-IT professional who worked in Software Engineering and Program Management for over 10 years, with extensive experience in the E-commerce & Financial Services industry along with expertise in Web and Mobile domains. He is a business-focused technology leader, who bridges the gap between business and technology. He has hired, formed, trained and mentored multiple teams in a globally distributed environment. He has worked with several reputed organizations in such as New York Stock Exchange, Sprint Nextel, WeightWatchers, Scholastic Inc.
Art has been an artist and creative since very young age, actively involved in acting, writing and directing several plays and productions during school and college; and also served as Editor of his college magazine. At age 16, he won an award for a single-act play-writing national competition. After moving to the US, he attended New York Film Academy to study TV & Film. Then he decided to commit himself to art of acting, by attending 1.5 yrs of Meisner Training at The Acting Studio in NYC....read more
Tani Fukui, CO-foundER & CFO
Tani Fukui is the Co-founder and CFO of myNewYorkeye.
As a young finance graduate from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, she worked for several years as a managerial and financial consultant in New York, Singapore, and Germany for consulting firms Stern Stewart and Roland Berger. In this capacity, she assisted in the development of multiple small businesses, including business plan development and the preparation of pro-forma financial plans, marketing strategies, and supply chain management. She also consulted for larger companies such as Cox Communications and Deutsche Bank. She is currently working with the US government as an International Economist at the US International Trade Commission. She has received a Masters degree from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Economics from UCLA. Since her school and college days, Tani has been involved in various theater productions...read more
Lapacazo Sandoval
Co-Founder and Former Partner (Exited May 2015)
She began her entertainment training at the famed William Morris (William Morris Endeavor) mail room before making the transition to public relations. As an experienced publicist in the entertainment industry she has experience in theatre (La MaMa ETC and The Brooklyn Academy of Music ) and has one theater producing credit, FREDERICK DOUGLASS NOW by Roger G. Smith. Under the tutelage of the late Ellen Stewart, creator of La MaMa ETC and recipient of the MacArthur "Genius Grant," that work lead to a position at BAM. Making the transition to personal publicity she helped launch the career of award winning solo performer John Leguizamo. That work, for a then unknown NYC artist, caught the attention of film producers Martin Bregman ("Dog Day Afternoon" & "Scarface"),...read more