Grass Roots

Hoplites Logistics and Engineering, like the ancient Greek warriors providing protection to one another and moving forward in a tight cohesive unit, is an aspiring team of business partners with a focus on a comprehensive and innovative solutions, management, consulting and brokerage of raw materials.  We have collected well over twenty-five years of experience, creating value by connecting producers, transporters and end users. The Foundation of our lasting relationships with our clients springs from corresponding core values, standing side-by-side with them reaching goals and objectives.  We at Hoplites Logistics and Engineering are a dedicated company that will source and shield your products and operations from planning to execution.

Grass Roots

Hoplites Logistics and Engineering, like the ancient Greek warriors providing protection to one another and moving forward in a tight cohesive unit, is an aspiring team of business partners with a focus on a comprehensive and innovative solutions, management, consulting and brokerage of raw materials.  We have collected well over twenty-five years of experience, creating value by connecting producers, transporters and end users. The Foundation of our lasting relationships with our clients springs from corresponding core values, standing side-by-side with them reaching goals and objectives.  We at Hoplites Logistics and Engineering are a dedicated company that will source and shield your products and operations from planning to execution.

Our Bond

Help our customers create value with outstanding logistics and engineering services, facilitating efficient processes in their operations, safeguarding the prestige of their brands and products.

Vision of Upcoming Future

We will become an indispensable partner to clients in Central America, helping them build and maximize sustainable competitive advantages.

Core Values

INTEGRITY

LOYALTY

EXCELLENCE

CREATIVITY

ACCOUNTABILITY

COMMITMENT

RESPECT

Services

1. Logistics

    • Procurement of Raw Materials for the food, cosmetic, soap, detergent and animal feed industries.
    • Air, Sea and Land transportation coordination.
    • Customized packaging.

2. Logistics for executive security operations.

    • Risk assessment.
    • Advance work and route planning.
    • Protection detail design and management.
    • Coordination with security teams.
    • Sourcing specialized transportation according to security detail.

3. Subject Matter Experts (SME) on engineering projects.

 

 4. Strategic consulting.

OUR TEAM

OUR TEAM

CEO

Martha Eugenia Letona Cotto

Dynamic Executive with more than 20 years of experience in Production Plant Management and Process development, Quality Control, Research and Development with high efficiency productivity.  Martha Eugenia has led strategy development to ensure that organizations business focus is on differentiating and building a preference for their line of products, while also ensuring market access at a lower cost.

  • Technical administration, control and supervision of production processes in food and cosmetic production plants.
  • High output production operations requiring negotiation, supplies and procurement, transportation and in depth knowledge of laws and regulations.
  • ERP Implementation.
  • Occupational Safety and Health.
  • Investment analysis, development from ground zero to operational producing projects.

 

Proven capacity to lead, train and motivate personnel, her leadership roles in food and cosmetic industries, logistics and retail sectors have given her unique insights into decision-making at multiple points of the food & agricultural value chain. These experiences enable her to bring in-depth expertise to solving business problems.  As sustainability advisor to clients, she has led round tables that have identified opportunities for strengthening or positioning brands in domestic & international markets.  Lately she has prepared herself to implement biosecurity COVID19 OSHA based protocols.

Senior Advisor

Rafael Cruz

Business Management Executive with more than 30 years of experience and expertise in implementing high performance business models.

  • Strategic Planning, SWOT approach, functional action plans, organizational rationalization.
  • Engineering Projects, capacity upgrades, productivity improvements, new technologies.
  • Innovation and new products development, formulation, packaging material, methods, process.
  • Supply Chain Planning, inbound, outbound, working capital control, performance indicators.
  • Plant Maintenance, industrial safety, environmental care.
  • Budgeting and Cost Effectiveness programs.
  • ERP Implementation, project team leadership, customization of the business model.
  • Lean Manufacturing concepts, continuous improvement projects, waste reduction.

His personal trademark is to translate the corporate strategy into services and products that comply with the agreed quality and cost as needed to achieve or exceed the targeted profitability with timely delivery and a permanent commitment to customer satisfaction.

 

Alejandro Cotto Rivas

Executive, with more than 25 years of experience in different functions and levels of responsibility, worth mentioning: Operations, Maintenance, Security, Social responsibility, humanitarian aid project management, certified instructor, airline transport pilot. Decisive and innovative leader, accustomed to work under pressure in harsh environments reaching and surpassing given objectives. Proven capacity for problem solving, mediation, communication and teamwork.

  • Strategic planning based on goals maximizing efficiency.
  • Engineering of admin and operative processes.
  • Proven capacity to organize and lead teams in multidisciplinary and multi-cultural environments.
  • Development of competencies training and education.

Design and evaluations of projects

 

juan josè letona fabian

Chef and food technician with more than 20 years of experience specialized on baking industry procedures and regional cuisine from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.  As a Chef consultant has provided innovative solutions creating value in a wide variety of clients in the food industry, introducing to the market: new ingredients, raw materials and additives to develop new products, improving efficiency, lowering costs and positioning brands.

His knowledge and experience include:

  • Improving productive processes.
  • Optimizing resources on new formulas.
  • Research and development of new products.
  • Food safety, standardization and quality of finished product.
  • Customized technical assistance for the industrial food industry and non-formal sector; working along clients on efficient solutions to daily problems in baking processes.