About Brown Forces
The Team Behind Brown Forces
Founder
Salvador Alvarez
Founder & CEO
Salvador grew up in the Coachella Valley and taught himself to build software while working a full-time day job. He started with no formal CS background — just a stubborn belief that the communities he grew up in deserved the same tools as anyone else.
In 2026, Brown Forces was accepted into the Anthropic Claude Partner Network. Salvador built the first products himself — an IEP drafting assistant, a bilingual screener, a grant writing tool — because he was tired of watching institutions struggle with paperwork that AI could handle in seconds.
His goal is simple: put working AI tools in front of every school, clinic, and city government that needs them, and make the implementation painless.
The Team
People Who Know the Work
We built this team around the industries we serve.
Salvador Alvarez
Founder & CEO
Born and raised in the Coachella Valley. Self-taught technologist and Anthropic Claude Partner. Builds what he believes should exist.
Humberto Alvarez
Director of Education
Principal of Peter Pendleton Elementary and Board Member of Desert Sands Unified School District. Longtime educator.
CJ Toribio
Design & iOS
Led design on LookFresh. Leads product design and iOS development across Brown Forces.
Bishop Alvarez
Director of Cyber Security
Melanie Alvarez
Operations Manager
Operations leader with a track record managing single-unit and multi-unit retail operations with revenue bands up to $65 million. Brings that operational discipline to Brown Forces.
Brandon Rowe
Cyber Security Specialist
Virginia Nava
Strategic Advisor
Twenty-five years of hands-on experience in operations, compliance, and contract review. Brings the kind of practical judgment you only get from watching things go right and wrong for a very long time.
Lucia Rodriguez
Educator & Technologist
Classroom teacher who also builds. Brings an educator's eye for what actually works with students together with a technologist's curiosity about how tools can make teaching easier. Her feedback shapes what we build for schools.
Mark Toribio
Integration Specialist
Technical specialist with deep hardware expertise and a background leading maintenance operations. Bridges the gap between what a technology promises and what it actually delivers in the field.
Timothy Hernandez
Strategic Advisor
Leadership background running teams in manufacturing. Currently serves as a school district maintenance supervisor. Technology enthusiast, tinkerer, and builder — the kind of person who sees how things work and figures out how to make them work better.
What We Believe
Three Things We Know Are True
AI should be easy
That's the whole point. If a tool requires a consultant to explain it, it isn't done yet. We build things that work the first time.
Technology should serve the people who serve people
Schools, hospitals, cities, small businesses — these are the institutions that keep communities running. They deserve the same tools as Fortune 500 companies.
The best products are built by people who understand the problem
We have educators and public servants on our team. That is not a talking point — it is how we know what to build.
The Studio
Brown Forces Technology Studio
- LocationCoachella Valley, California
- Partner StatusAnthropic Claude Partner
- Email[email protected]
- Websitebrownforces.io