Sree Sreenivasan

Sreenath Sreenivasan
Sree Sreenivasan in New York, July 2016
Born	(1970-10-28) October 28, 1970 (age 46) Tokyo, Japan
Residence	New York, USA
Nationality	USA
Citizenship	U.S.A.
Education	Columbia University, St. Stephen's College
Employer	City of New York
Spouse(s)	Roopa Unnikrishnan
Children	2
Parent(s)	T.P. Sreenivasan, Lekha Sreenivasan
Website	Sree.net

Sreenath "Sree" Sreenivasan (born October 28, 1970) was the chief digital officer of New York City from October 2016 through May 2017 . Before that he was the chief digital officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and chief digital officer of Columbia University. He has been a technology journalist based in New York City and served as an academic administrator and professor in the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. In 2015, he was named one of Fast Company magazine's Most Creative People of the year. He was also identified as the most influential Chief Digital Officer of 2016 by CDO Club.

Sreenivasan was born in Tokyo, Japan, and grew up in USSR, United States, Fiji, and India. Sreenivasan's father was a diplomat for the Indian government, which meant his family often relocated. He attended kindergarten in Moscow; P.S. 6, a public elementary school, in Manhattan; Marist Brothers High School in Suva, Fiji; and St. Stephen's College in Delhi, India. He received a Master of Science degree in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1993.

Sreenivasan was on the faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1993 as a professor of professional practice. His courses at Columbia have focused on new media, web design, and social media in the practice of journalism, as well as media entrepreneurship. Still currently an adjunct professor there, he regularly runs workshops for professional journalists on the advanced use of the Internet and multimedia reporting.