Strategy, technology, and impact.

I’m Ben Llados, a USC student and builder working across business strategy, applied AI, and community impact.

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Portrait of Ben Llados smiling in a navy suit and burgundy tie

USC Marshall · Class of 2027

What I care about

I’m passionate about using my education and career to create real impact in the communities that need it most.

Selected work

Apply180
Product & technical · Live
USC’s first end-to-end club recruitment platform, built for 180 Degrees Consulting to manage 500+ applicants through blind review, interviews, team cases, deliberation, and decisions. Case study
Declaration
Product & technical · In development
A mobile-first, real-time multiplayer card game for six longtime friends, each holding a private hand on their phone while the group keeps its game-night ritual going across distance. Case study
PesoShield
Product · Founder
A web app that helps people in Argentina see how inflation and currency volatility erode savings, and what different choices could mean. Case study
Software strategy & applied AI
Strategy
Commercial diligence and applied‑AI strategy across EY‑Parthenon, PwC, and Bain, evaluating products, markets, and what AI actually changes. Experience

Recently

EY‑Parthenon
PwC
Bain & Company
180 Degrees Consulting

Recognition

USC Presidential Scholarship
Merit scholarship awarded at admission by the university.
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
HSF Scholar, and invited speaker at the national conference.
De Soto Days
Community Impact Scholarship, recognizing service and impact.

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Writing & research

Three essay collections spanning psychology, Latinx identity, and the Pacific, including work published in USC’s Pacific Postcards.

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Off hours

Argentine culture, backpacking, soccer, tennis, and surfing. Native Spanish speaker. Ask me about mate.

Let’s connect.

A product idea, a strategy question, or something about Argentina: I’d love to hear it.