George B. Krakowski

Title
Adjunct Associate Professor
Email
Department
Department of Management and Technology
College
College of Business

Office Hours

Please refer to specific syllabi (found at the following URL: http://www.ec.erau.edu/cce/faculty/george.html).

Areas of Expertise

Industrial Engineering; Business Information Systems; Logistics; Air Transportation; Data Analytics; Leadership; Management; Public Administration; Lean Six Sigma; Enterprise Research Planning; and, ERAU-hosted Co-Operative Internship Program Advisor.  Fluent in Polish and proficient in the German language(s). 
George B. Krakowski


Education: Doctor ( ABD—All But Dissertation), Northcentral University; MBA, Northcentral University; MPA, Golden Gate University; BA, University of Maryland;  AA, Community College of the Air Force.


Current Status: Adjunct Associate Professor, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide Campus, Management and Technology Department, College of Business.

Career Highlights (Military): Extended service in the US Air Force in Asia; Europe; and, the United States (rank: Major); Combat Operations, 1st Air Commando Squadron, Pleiku, South Vietnam (Awarded the Bronze Star Medal for support of kinetic Combat Operations); Air Operations Support, Korat RTAB, Thailand; Staff Officer, US Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany; Squadron Commander, RAF Bentwaters England; and, Staff Officer, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, VA. Completed honorable and distinguished military service overseas and the United States in various capacities; i.e., support; managerial; command; and, leadership.

Career Highlights (Civilian): Director, Commercial Services Management and Command Evaluation (Inspector General), Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center, Norfolk, U.S. Navy (2005 – March 2012). Past Director, Employee Training & Development, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center, Norfolk, U.S. Navy (2002 - 2005). Adjunct Associate Professor. Thirty-one years teaching experience encompassing 636 traditional and online courses. Readiness Task Force senior staff analyst, US Coast Guard, Portsmouth, VA (2000-2002). ERAU Faculty Senate and President’s Council (1998-2000) and a COB faculty senate representative from April 2014 to October 2015. From October 2015, member of the ERAU, Worldwide Campus, Academic Technology Committee. High School part-time substitute teacher from 2012 to present.  Virginia Placement Exam mathematics instructor and GED instructor under the auspices of the District-21 Peninsula Regional Education Program conducted at the Virginia Peninsula (formerly Thomas Nelson) Community College, Workforce Development Program, from 2014 to present. Chairman, City of Poquoson Library Advisory Board (January 2012-January 2018).

  • M.P.A. - Master of Public Administration in Manpower Management, Golden Gate University
  • M.B.A. - Master of Business Administration in Public Administration, Northcentral University
  • LGMT 410: Mgmt of Air Cargo
MS-105 / MGMT-412 / MS-305 / MGMT-405 / MGMT-410 / MGMT-308 / MS-201 / MGMT-320 / BA-314 / CS-105 / BA-317 / CSCI-109 / MGMT-221 / MGMT-335 / MGMT-221 / MGMT-411 / MGMT-406
I have 39 years’ of teaching experience as a traditional and online adjunct professor. To date, I have taught numerous university courses in subjects such as Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Management of Air Cargo, Business, Marketing, Financial Management, Mathematics, Public Administration and Management for a total of  223 ERAU courses of which 122 were via Eagle Vision/Adobe Connect online modality (Note: I am also the course monitor for MGMT-308) and a past member (three years) of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Faculty Senate and Assembly. In February 2006, I served  a two-year term on the President’s Council. Additionally, I have also served on various ERAU Worldwide Campus Ad Hoc Committees. I was selected in October 2015 by the ERAU, Worldwide Campus, Faculty Senate President to serve on the Academic Technology Committee.  I also have extensive Military, Private Sector, and US Government Civil Service experience. I joined the US Air Force in 1963, and had extensive overseas tours in Vietnam, Thailand, Germany, Italy and England. Upon my return in 1988 to the U.S., I served as an Industrial Engineer and Manpower Management Programmer/Analyst at Headquarters, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia. In 1992, I left the Air Force with the grade of Major. I was also a Commonwealth of Virginia Licensed Real Estate Agent. In November 1999, the president of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University awarded me an innovation award for the design and implementation of the first prototype online class for the ERAU Worldwide Campus. From October 2000 to July 2002, I was employed as an Management and Program Analyst for the United States Coast Guard (USCG), Resource, Planning, and Performance Division, Atlantic Area, 5th District Headquarters, Portsmouth, Virginia. In November 2002, I was awarded by the Transportation Secretary a Team Award for the development of the USCG Readiness Management System-a high priority, Coast Guard-wide initiative to improve service-wide shore, afloat and airborne readiness. From July 2002 to March 2012,  I was a Supervisory Business and Industrial Analyst, assigned to the US Navy Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP), Fleet Logistics Center, Norfolk, Virginia, Business Support Department. At the NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, ,I was also the Director of the Commercial Services Management and Command Evaluation Branch. Additionally, I served on the NAVSUP Inspector General (IG) team where I  completed an IG inspection at NAS Sigonella (Sicily, Italy) in November 2009 and at Naval Facility Yokosuka, Japan in March 2010. I also pursued a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration, with a specialization in Public Administration, at the Northcentral University, Prescott, AZ.  In concert with this, in July 2010, I completed my Doctoral Comprehensive Examination (thereby earning a Doctor in "All But Dissertation (ABD) category)." Additionally, my academic background consists of a Master of Business Administration degree in Public Administration from the Northcentral University, Master of Public Administration degree in Manpower Management from the Golden Gate University, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland Global Campus, and an Associate in Applied Science degree in Resource Management Technology from the Community College of the Air Force. Since 2002, I have earned 27 post-graduate hours in Information Systems Technology, Educational Curriculum Development for Online courses, Computer Science and Systems Engineering from the Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.  In March 2004, I earned a certificate of completion by attending a three-week Advanced Management Program, at the Tench Francis School of Business, Navy Supply Corps School at Athens, Georgia and since then, I've attended various technical training courses within DoD, the most recent (January 2010), the US Navy IG Investigator’s Course.  In September 2009, I successfully completed a nine-week US Navy Lean Six Sigma course under the aegis of the DoD Continuous Improvement Program.
In November 1999, the president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University awarded an innovation award for the design and implementation of the first prototype online class for the Worldwide campus. On 19 April 2012 awarded from ERAU Worldwide Campus completion certificate for Eagle-Vision training--which was repeated over the following years, to include Canvas LMS certification. An All But Dissertation (ABD) from Northcentral University was obtained in 2011.

Bronze Star Medal received for service with the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam.

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Adjunct Faculty of the Year (Awarded in June 2023).