Ernesto D.R. Santibanez Gonzalez is a climate change and sustainability enthusiast who tackles complex problems related to supply chain, energy efficiency, low carbon economy, carbon capture and storage, smart city, smart manufacturing, sustainable and resilient supply chain, and sustainable operations management. He integrates disruptive technology, business processes, and operations research methods to understand and solve these challenges. Ernesto holds a PhD in Operations Research and Management from COPPE UFRJ and a PhD in Engenhearia de Produção, from the Research Scholar Program at COPPE UFRJ e LSE. He also attended The London School of Economics and Political Science, where he studied as a Research Scholar in Operations Research and IT. Ernesto has served as an Associate Editor at Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, and Subject Editor at Journal of Cleaner Production ; Elsevier. Moreover, he worked as the Associate Professor at UFOP and UFSB - Federal University of Southern Bahia. Presently, he is focused on blockchain-based techs and the business applications of this disruptive technology.