The Mumbai-born Sreenivasan has been on air since 1989 (radio since 1989, television since 1994; earning a paycheck by doing it since 1995).

He began his broadcast career in Seattle - the birthplace of grunge, as a disc-jockey at KNHC (30,000 watt FM stereo) while still in high school. It was at the University of Puget Sound his interests shifted to television. He expereienced the magic of unpaid - "character building" - internships starting in Seattle at KING (NBC affiliate) and KIRO (an independent station) and on-air at Yakima's KAPP (ABC) television stations before accepting a position as general assignment reporter for WNCN in Raleigh, North Carolina. Between covering house fires and crime stories for WNCN, he found he was drawn to the stories coming out of the high-tech enclave of Raleigh's Triangle Park.

After one year at WNCN, Sreenivasan headed to San Francisco to begin reporting technology news for CNET.

At CNET-TV Sreenivasan worked in several capacities from reporting and producing segments on shows - CNET Central, The New Edge, The Web - to anchoring TV.COM which was syndicated nationally in more than 120 markets and distributed in more than 40 countries. He also served as senior correspondent for CNET News.com, a business and technology show CNET produced for CNBC.

In 2004, Hari moved to New York City to become an anchor on ABC News Now, the 24-hour digital TV and online news operation of ABC News.

He has won multiple SAJA Journalism Awards for his reporting.

While Hari Sreenivasan isn't covering breaking news and national events, you might find him quietly contemplating the potential of the perfect samosa in his old Bata sandals (which he wears - even while anchoring). So far he has boiled his meaning of life into three rather simple (yet complex) phrases: wrinkle-free, non-stick and individually wrapped. He finds these to be qualities he appreciates in almost every case; clothing, housewares, food, and people.

In addition to his TV work, Sreenivasan, writes satirical (but sometimes serious) columns occasionaly for various publications. Topics range from his perpetual Single Indian Guy status to questioning the sanctity of his sacred thread.

Sreenivasan moved to the United States at the age of eight, but travels to India almost yearly, to soak in sounds, capture images, catalog smells, and exercise tastes.

Sreenivasan has been an active member of SAJA, serving as co-coordinator of the Bay Area chapter, coordinator of broadcast outreach and as an elected board member. He especially enjoys mentoring newbies to broadcast journalism.

He recently shaved that moustache of his - but that's another story.

See Hari's new enterprise: OMpower Media