Ken Dillo was born in Pineville, W.Va., in 1942. Dillo graduated from Oceana High School in Oceana, W.Va., in 1960 and joined WV Tech the following fall.
Dillo was a member of the basketball team where he played guard and forward. During the 1961-62 season, the team went 23-11 with Dillo averaging 11.1 points per game. He was selected to the Second Team All Tournament at the Rochester Invitational, where he made the game winning free throws in a 21-19 overtime win against Illinois Tech. During his junior season (1962-63), the team accumulated a 23-9 record winning the WVIAC tournament. During his senior season, he served as co-captain for the team that went 21-2 for the season. His teammates, including Mike Barrett and Herb Carpenter, went on to lose a double overtime thriller against Morris Harvey in the NAIA Regional Championship. Dillo was also a member of the golf team for two seasons.
Dillo graduated with a bachelor’s in printing management in 1964. A few months after graduation, he joined the IBM Corporation in Greencastle, Indiana working in the Manufacturing Facility. In 1968, he progressed to first line manager in Sherman, Tx., then to Atlanta, Ga., in 1971 with the same position. Dillo made several advancements and shifts including branch manager, executive training program manager, and finally branch manager of Military Service Operations before his retirement in 1994. Along the way, Dillo received a master’s in human resource development from the American University in 1986. Dillo’s most recent position before reentering retirement was held at Wake Tech Community College where he was the director of the Small Business Center from 2001 until 2011. Currently, he is the owner of DMD Associates, LLC., an international business sales, consulting, and training company.
Dillo and his wife Diane (Michaelson) Dillo have two children, Leigh Ann (Dillo) Cannady and Todd Michael Dillo, six grandchildren, Cameron, Krista, Jake, Ethan, Griffin and Owen, and reside in Raleigh, N.C.
