Lakshminarayanan, or Srinath to his colleagues, is a software developer in CGI’s utilities practice in the Netherlands, joining in November 2018. He also is the lead developer for CGI’s out-of-the-box blockchain solutions intellectual property. Srinath has a strong interest in blockchain and its opportunities for the utilities, finance, real estate and supply chain sectors. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Control Engineering and a master’s degree in Systems and Control from the Delft University of Technology. As a part of his master thesis, he conducted interdisciplinary research on the interface between systems and control and cybersecurity, and worked on addressing data privacy challenges in smart grid and supply chain networks using cryptography.