Kevin Glennon
- Role
- Senior Director of Hardware at Tovala
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kevin Glennon
A results-driven Engineering Leader with a distinguished career dedicated to driving…
Experience
Senior Director of Hardware
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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