This month, we get to know Julian Killo, a Network Engineer in ITS. Julian started working at Clark in 2022 as a grad student and transitioned to working full-time in September 2023.  

Prior to joining the Clark community, Julian worked on major projects, like implementing public WiFi and conducting enterprise resource planning, with the Municipality of Tirana and Bechtel Corporation. With over 15 years of experience in creating successful IT solutions, Julian continues to advance his extensive technical knowledge by pursuing a Master’s in Information Technology while working at Clark. 

Being a network engineer means that Julian maintains the behind-the-scenes networks and systems that power organizations (and he gets to play with all the fun tech toys). His favorite part of the job is tackling complex problems and finding solutions that allows Clark to do more through technology. According to Julian, “There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing all the pieces – servers, networks, systems – come together and support organization, performance, and reliability.” 

If Julian could learn from any person in history, he’d love to pick the brain of Dennis Ritchie, the American computer scientist who created the C programming language and co-developed the UNIX operating system. This language changed modern computing and still underpins most operating systems today.  

When he’s not thinking about networking or programming, Julian loves to watch Premier League and Serie A soccer. If you’d like to chat with Julian about soccer or click here to find his contact information.