John Recendez is a Business Administration major in the Marshall School of Business with a minor in Philosophy.
This past summer he had a corporate banking internship at Valley Bank in downtown Los Angeles, and had the opportunity to meet with Valley’s Chief Banking Officer, Alan Rudolph. John had meetings withprospective and current clients, and worked on an intern-led marketing campaign that reached finalist status among ten other intern groups. This position followed one in which he was a volunteer venture capitalist deal sourcer for RevRoad, a venture capital firm.
During his freshman summer, he interned at PwC (Pricewaterhouse Coopers International Limited) a nonprofit consulting firm, where he delivered solutions to a client’s executive board. In the spring of his freshman year John traveled to Dubai as part of USC Marshall’s LINC program, (Learning about International Commerce) with Professor Heino, a Marshall Cyrus Teaching Chair.
John enjoys creative endeavors such as writing short films, and with a good friend, runs the Unlucky Pictures Film Company. This past summer he released a short film that he
wrote called, “Last Night at the Chinatown Express,” and is currently working on another film alongside USC School of Cinematic Arts students that is set for release in February.
He is currently the Finance Chair for Oaxaqueños de USC, a cultural club for people born in or
descended from the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. His hobbies include his aforementioned interest in screenwriting as well as volunteering at the USC Caruso Catholic Church