Kevin Glennon

Role
Senior Director of Hardware at Tovala
Location
Chicago, IL, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Kevin Glennon

A results-driven Engineering Leader with a distinguished career dedicated to driving…

Experience

  1. Senior Director of Hardware

    Tovala

    Jul 2025 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

    Lead the end-to-end operating system for Tovala’s oven platform, spanning product strategy, connected-device execution, quality, warranty, cost-down, vendor strategy, build planning, inventory strategy, and supply readiness. Partner cross-functionally across product, software, growth, finance, and leadership to launch new platforms, reduce risk, and improve unit economics- Built Tovala’s first in-house IoT stack to replace an end-of-life third-party module, reducing platform risk and creating expected high-six-figure annual savings- Established the supplier groundwork ahead of tariff disruption, enabling Tovala to select and stand up a dual country manufacturing path in roughly 8 months while preserving supply continuity- Lead cross-functional fraud-control initiatives that helped enable Tovala’s strongest customer-acquisition offer to date- Lead build planning, inventory strategy, and SKU allocation for the oven platform in partnership with growth and supply chain- Own platform quality, warranty, returns, and cost-down roadmap; maintained industry standard return rates and delivered 15%+ follow-on cost reduction- Present regularly to the board on IoT strategy, supply-chain strategy, and major oven platform initiatives.

Education

  • Illinois Institute of Technology

    Bachelor of Science, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Skills

  • Manufacturing
  • Design for Manufacturing
  • Machine Design
  • Mechanical Product Design
  • Aerospace
  • Design Research
  • Aerodynamics
  • Fortran
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanical
  • Project Management
  • Calculus
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Inventor
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Critical Thinking
  • Microsoft Office
  • Solidworks
  • Product Design
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Creative Concept Design
  • Product Development
  • Design of Experiments
  • Engineering
  • Engineering Drawings
  • Matlab
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Autocad
  • Project Engineering
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Six Sigma
  • Continuous Improvement

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