Charlie Solorzano
executive search, headhunter, and Executive Search Consultant in Guadalajara, Mexico
Managing Partner at Alder Koten, a cross-border executive search firm specializing in C-suite and senior leadership placement across the U.S. and Mexico. I work with VC/PE-backed companies, nearshoring-driven businesses, and fintech firms — organizations navigating high-stakes growth where leadership decisions carry disproportionate consequences.
Most search firms evaluate candidates. I evaluate the match. My proprietary frameworks — The Driver Calibration™ and The Race Conditions Model™ — assess not just whether a leader is talented, but whether their natural operating parameters align with the organizational conditions they'd be walking into. Talent without context is a coin flip. I don't deal in coin flips.
Two decades of cross-border search. AESC member firm. An analog soul in a digital world — shaped by Formula 1 thinking, cinematic instinct, and the conviction that the best placements come from seeing what others miss.