10 Celanese engineering leaders
Kevin Fogash, Vice President, Manufacturing Process Technology at Celanese, is one of ten Celanese engineering leaders listed here, alongside people who hold or have held process technology, engineering and maintenance and reliability roles at the company. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Celanese from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Anjan Basa
LinkedInExperience: Director - Process (EM Core Technology Group) · Celanese
Anjan Basa has been Director - Process (EM Core Technology Group) at Celanese since December 2019, based in Florence, Kentucky. Anjan Basa was a Global Manufacturing Services Manager at Celanese Chemicals India Pvt. Ltd from 2018 to 2019 and a Sr. Process Improvement Engineer, Global Compounding Core Technology Group at Celanese from 2012 to 2018.
Clint George
LinkedInExperience: Director of Reliability · Celanese
Clint George has been Director of Reliability at Celanese since November 2019, based in Missouri City, Texas. Clint George was a Corporate Instrument Engineer at Flint Hills Resources from 2011 to 2019 and an Instrument Engineer at Celanese from 1998 to 2011, and also was an Instrument engineer at Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. from 1993 to 1998.
Cynthia Kirschner
LinkedInExperience: Director, Process Technology - Polymerization · Celanese
Cynthia Kirschner lists the title Director, Process Technology - Polymerization at Celanese with a start date of November 2022, based in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area, and also lists Senior Manager - Process Technology at Celanese from 2022 to 2024. Cynthia Kirschner was a Senior Manager - Manufacturing Technology, DuPont Mobility & Materials at DuPont from 2022 to 2024.
Damian Feord
LinkedInExperience: Director Process Technology · Celanese
Damian Feord was Director Process Technology at Celanese from 2011 to 2019, in a role based in the Frankfurt am Main region according to the profile. Damian Feord was a Global R&D Leader at Dow from 2006 to 2010, a Technical Leader at Dow Chemical Company from 2001 to 2005 and a Senior Research Engineer there from 1994 to 2001.
Janelle Pennington
LinkedInExperience: Director of Process Technology · Celanese
Janelle Pennington has been Director of Process Technology at Celanese since August 2024, working with a team of engineers and technicians to support global manufacturing sites with process technology advances and troubleshooting according to the profile. Janelle Pennington was a Plant Manager at Nalco Water from 2021 to 2024 and a Sr. RD&E Group Leader at Nalco Champion from 2015 to 2020.
Jens Schiebisch
LinkedInExperience: Head of Engineering & Maintenance · Celanese
Jens Schiebisch has been Head of Engineering & Maintenance at Celanese since April 2001, based in Darmstadt, Germany, and the profile headline gives the title as Director Engineering & Maintenance bei Celanese. Jens Schiebisch was an R&D Manager at Zimmer AG from 1997 to 2001 and held the title Promotion / Oberingenieur at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg from 1991 to 1997.
Joachim Klimek
LinkedInExperience: Leiter Engineering · Celanese
Joachim Klimek holds the title Leiter Engineering at Celanese, based in Frankfurt, Germany, in a role the listing places in the engineering and technical department at head level. The listing shows Celanese as the only experience entry and gives no start date for the role, so the time in the role is not shown on this page.
Josefina Chapman
LinkedInExperience: Process Technology Director, Acetic Acid & Derivatives · Celanese
Josefina Chapman has been Process Technology Director, Acetic Acid & Derivatives at Celanese since January 2019, based in Houston, Texas. Josefina Chapman was Process Technology Director, Acetyls Core at Celanese from 2017 to 2019, Technology & Innovation Fellow and Acetyls Core Process Technology Manager from 2016 to 2017 and Technology & Innovation Fellow and Intermediate Chemistry Process Technology Manager from 2014 to 2016.
Kevin Fogash
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Manufacturing Process Technology · Celanese
Kevin Fogash has been Vice President, Manufacturing Process Technology at Celanese since June 2026, covering global quality, digital manufacturing, contract manufacturing and manufacturing process technology according to the profile. Kevin Fogash held Global Sr. Director roles at Celanese covering process technology, major capital projects and product stewardship from 2020 to 2026.
Petra Germann
LinkedInExperience: Director Process · Celanese
Petra Germann was Director Process at Celanese from 2017 to 2020 and has been Site Director, EM Compounding Nylon in Utzenfeld at Celanese since May 2022. Petra Germann was Director Manufacturing Improvement Projects Leader at Celanese from 2020 to 2022 and a Site Director from 2013 to 2017, and also was a Deputy Section Leader at Celanese from 2001 to 2013.
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- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your engineering role at Celanese, and what did you learn from it?
- 02How do you decide which process or plant engineering issues need your direct attention?
- 03What have you learned from your own work about improving chemical and polymer processes at manufacturing sites?
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