Zbigniew Makieła is profesor at the oldest Polish university - Jagiellonian University and WSB University. He is also a member of the Polish Economic Society and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. He is a Polish economist specializing in innovation management and entrepreneurship. He participated in Harvard University Extension School sessions with Executive Speaker Training taught by faculty from the Harvard Extension School as part of a program on Management of Higher Education Institutions. He was awarded the Medal of the National Education Commission for special services to education and upbringing. He also received the Ministry of National Education, the Gold Cross of Merit, four awards fromthe Minister of Science and Higher Education, and an Honorary Doctorate from the Ternopil Institute of Social and Information Technologies, Ternopil, Ukraine