As a consultant, Dr. Gerhard Plenert has facilitated organizational transformations all over the world including Asia, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. He has worked in numerous countries including England, Australia, Malaysia, China, India, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, and of course the United States and Canada, and the list goes on and on. As a professor Dr. Plenert was a tenured full professor at California State University, Chico, and a professor at BYU Provo, BYU Hawaii, the University of Malaysia, and the University of San Diego. He was awarded numerous academic achievement awards. In his private life, Gerhard is a world traveler having visited every continent. He has published 15 business books focused on Organizational Process Optimization.

His books have been endorsed by individuals like Dr. Stephen Covey, and by companies like Black and Decker, AT&T and FedEx. Gerhard has taken his passion for reading mystery / suspense novels and is now writing his own series of novels. He enjoys integrating his travels into his novels to bring reality to some of his adventures. His first attempt is a series titled The New Templars. He lives in Sacramento, California and has been married to his wife for over thirty years. Together they have eight children and eleven grandchildren.