Kate Gregory is in her fourth decade of being paid to program. Her firm, Gregory Consulting Limited, is based in rural Ontario and helps clients adopt new technologies and adjust to the changing business environment. Current work makes heavy use of .NET and Visual C++ for both web and client development, especially for Windows 7 and 8. Managing, mentoring, technical writing and technical speaking occupy much of her time, but she still writes code every week.

Kate is the author of more than a dozen books and speaks at DevTeach, TechEd (USA, Europe, Africa), and TechDays, among others. Since 2002, Kate has been Microsoft Regional Director for Toronto and was awarded the Microsoft MVP designation for Visual C++ in 2004. In June 2005, she won the Regional Director of the year award and was designated Visual C++ MVP of the year for 2010. Kate develops courses on C++, Visual Studio and Windows programming.