MICHAEL GUERRERO
// SOURCING INTELLIGENCE Available for sourcing work
Talent intelligence  ·  defense · aerospace · deep-tech

Sourcing for the
hardest searches.

I build passive-candidate pipelines for retained executive and deep-technical roles across defense, aerospace, space, and advanced energy — from market map to client-ready slate.

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U.S. Army veteran/ ITAR-eligible U.S. citizen/ Boolean · market mapping · executive screening
Retained searches supported
7
COO · CFO · GC · Production · Gov Sales · BD
Candidates mapped & profiled
400+
across startup & scaled operators
Senior outreach response
42%
▲ passive, executive-level
Median time to first slate
9 days
map → outreach → shortlist
// metrics from live search support — replace with your confirmed figures
How I source

A repeatable pipeline, not a keyword dump.

Every mandate runs the same disciplined path — the difference is depth. I read the technical and operating requirements the way the hiring manager does, then map the market to match.

01

Market map

Segment the full talent landscape for a mandate — target companies, tiers, and where the real candidates actually sit.

02

Search & Boolean

Precision Boolean and Recruiter strategies tuned to clearance, ITAR, funding stage, and manufacturing signals.

03

Outreach

Personalized, credible messaging that earns replies from senior, passive operators who ignore templates.

04

Screen & assess

Evaluate functional depth, leadership scope, and mandate fit — not just titles and keywords.

05

Client-ready slate

Deliver prioritized shortlists with executive-grade profiles, briefs, and interview prep attached.

Work samples

The deliverables behind the pipeline.

Anonymized artifacts from live searches — the actual craft, redacted to protect candidate and client identities.

Market map

Talent landscape — retained COO search

Tiered target-company map with candidate density, movement signals, and prioritized outreach order for a deep-tech operating role.

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Candidate slate

Client-ready shortlist + assessment

A prioritized slate showing the reasoning behind each pick — why these candidates, why in this order, against the mandate.

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Executive profile

Branded candidate deliverable

Two-page executive summary + career profile in a consistent house format — the document that qualifies talent to a client.

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Company intelligence brief

Account & target-company research

Funding, contracts, leadership, and hiring signals distilled into a talent-and-BD read on a single company.

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The force multiplier

I built the intelligence layer I source with.

The craft comes first — but I don't do it by hand. I built AXIS Intelligence OS and a recruiting copilot to turn fragmented company, capital, and executive data into live pipelines and client-ready briefings.

It means I map markets faster, spot hiring demand before a mandate is even written, and keep every pipeline searchable and de-duplicated. Most sourcers send a PDF. I can walk you through a working product.

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  • Command Center
    Continuous surveillance across capital, contracts, and executive movement.
  • Company Dossier
    One company decoded — funding, gov contracts, leadership, hiring signals.
  • Prediction Board
    Forward models that surface executive demand before mandates form.
  • Recruiting Copilot
    Automates candidate research, interview capture, and executive briefings.
AXIS Command Center — daily signal briefing
COMMAND CENTER — live signal feed
AXIS Company Dossier — single-company intelligence
COMPANY DOSSIER — funding · contracts · leadership
AXIS Prediction Board — capital to hiring predictions
PREDICTION BOARD — capital → hiring signals
Operator profile

Engineer's rigor. Recruiter's instinct.

I came up as a software and data engineer — Power Platform, SQL, Python, automation — and led an infantry team in the U.S. Army before that. Both taught the same thing: own the mission, move fast, get the details right.

That background is why I source hard technical and executive roles well. I can read an aerospace manufacturing resume and know what actually matters — funding-stage scars, P&L scope, clearance, manufacturing throughput — not just match keywords. And when the tooling doesn't exist, I build it.

The result is a sourcer who delivers client-grade slates and brings an intelligence platform to the desk on day one.

FocusRetained exec & deep-tech search
DomainsDefense · Aerospace · Space · Energy
LocationApollo Beach, FL · Remote
ClearanceITAR-eligible
VeteranU.S. Army
StackLinkedIn Recruiter · Boolean · Python · SQL
Available for

Three ways to work together.

01 / IN-HOUSE

Sourcer / Recruiter

Embedded on a talent team at a defense, aerospace, space, or deep-tech company building hard technical pipelines.

02 / AGENCY

Executive search support

Sourcing and research firepower for retained search firms — market maps, slates, and executive-ready deliverables.

03 / CONTRACT

Project sourcing

On-demand pipeline building for a specific req or search, with the AXIS intelligence layer included.

Let's fill the search everyone else is stuck on.

Send me the mandate. I'll come back with a market read and a plan to source it.

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