Joe Polak was recently named sales excellence project manager at Cognis, a global specialty chemical company. In his new role, Mr. Polak will oversee and implement new practices for Cognis’ North American sales team. He will work to understand Cognis customer needs and provide the sales staff with the training and support they need to grow sales. He will also lead the company’s sales council, which will be comprised of sales and business managers from all five of Cognis’ business units. The grou...