About ALAC HR Solutions
WeDidNotFindThisMarketWeCameFromIt
We serve defense technology, aerospace, deep tech, autonomy, and advanced manufacturing companies who cannot afford the wrong hire.
Why We Exist
This Market Was Not an OpportunityIt Was a Calling
We watched recruiting firms in London and San Francisco discover defense tech and rebrand themselves as specialists overnight. None of them have worn a uniform, held a clearance, or understood what it means when a program slips. They built landing pages and started calling the founders doing the hardest work in the country. Those founders deserved better.
The cost of a wrong hire in this industry does not show up on a balance sheet. It shows up downrange. When the wrong leader is in a critical role, the technology that should protect a forward operating base does not perform when it needs to most. That is not a business problem. It is a national security problem.
ALAC was founded in 2022 around one commitment: every hire has to be right. Not because it is good for business. Because the people depending on this technology deserve nothing less.
The Founders
Built by People Who Wore the Uniform
We did not find this market. We came from it.
Co-Founder
Adrian Muñoz
United States Marine Corps · 20 Years of Service · Four-Time Talent Acquisition Manager of the Year
Adrian spent 20 years in the United States Marine Corps making high-stakes personnel decisions in environments where the cost of getting it wrong was never abstract. He was named Talent Acquisition Manager of the Year four times. He graduated first in three consecutive professional military education courses. He holds a Master's in Strategic Leadership and a Bachelor of Business Administration, both with honors.
He built ALAC's search methodology from the ground up. His expertise spans defense technology recruiting, cleared personnel placement, technical leadership search, and executive hiring for pre-IPO deep tech and defense companies. Every evaluation standard, every intake process, every accountability structure reflects the standard he held himself to in uniform. That standard does not change based on the client, the urgency, or the pressure to close.
"I built ALAC for the companies building what this country cannot afford to get wrong."
Adrian Muñoz, Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Laura Muñoz
United States Navy Veteran · Air Traffic Controller · Head of Brand
Laura served in the United States Navy as an Air Traffic Controller and Public Relations Specialist. She spent years making split-second decisions in high-stakes environments where communication precision was not optional. After the Navy, she dispatched trains for BNSF Railway before co-founding ALAC in 2022.
She is responsible for how ALAC presents itself, communicates with clients, and earns trust in every engagement. The clarity and discipline that defines the ALAC brand comes directly from her background. Most search firms sound the same. ALAC does not. That is her work.
"Precision in communication is not a brand strategy. It is a standard I learned when the alternative was catastrophic."
Laura Muñoz, Co-Founder
How We Operate
Not ValuesStandards
Every firm has values on a wall. These are the commitments we are held to on every engagement.
We do not send candidates we are not confident in
We do not disappear after the offer is signed
We do not take searches we cannot win
We do not work with companies that treat hiring as an afterthought
We do not measure success by the signed offer. We measure it by what happens after
Firm Profile
By the Numbers
Sub-30
Average Time to Fill
[VS. 60-90 DAY INDUSTRY AVERAGE]
95%
Hiring Manager Interview Approval Rate
[CANDIDATES APPROVED TO INTERVIEW]
12-Month
Replacement Guarantee
[ON EVERY DIRECT-HIRE PLACEMENT]
The Search Starts When You Are Ready
Book a call and we will tell you within 24 hours whether we can help.