Kate Baucherel is a speaker, writer and digital strategist specialising in the application of emerging technologies, with a focus on the use of blockchain and cryptocurrency.In a career spanning more than 30 years, Kate has held senior technical and financial roles in businesses across multiple sectors including utilities, manufacturing, leisure and software, leading several enterprises through their start-up and growth phases. Her interest in technology was sparked at her first role with an IBM business partner in Denver, back when the AS/400 was a cutting-edge piece of hardware and the World Wide Web didn’t exist.Kate graduated in business from Newcastle University, is an experienced Chartered Management Accountant, and lectures at Teesside University in both the Business School and the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies. She holds a 3rd Dan black belt in karate, and has two children. She also writes science fiction including the SimCavalier series and several short stories, also available on Amazon under Kate Baucherel.Read more about this authorRead less about this author