Greenhouse Software Development With Yield, Uptime, and Traceability In Mind.

Built for Controlled Environments. Designed for Dependable Decisions.

Hey, I'm Dylan.

I connect climate, crop, labor, and finance with software so operators get stable, trusted numbers and crews get clear next steps.

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Opreto designed and implemented our cloud infrastructure. We showed them where we were heading, and they started working with us to figure out the best solutions—we're relying heavily on their guidance. They built the infrastructure from scratch in an up-to-date, state-of-the-art manner.

Elmar Mair
Co-Founder, Neatleaf

Not Another Vendor. We're Experts in Greenhouse Ops.

We operate out of Windsor–Essex, the most greenhouse-dense region in North America. The teams we support run complex, high-throughput facilities, so reliability is non-negotiable. Our knowledge of controlled environment operations comes from working inside the industry's core ecosystem, not from the sidelines. Let's make your data reliable so you can grow with confidence.

Protect yield and quality
Cut rework and waiting
Keep production live during changes
Standardize so scale-up is simple

What Greenhouse Operators Are Dealing With Right Now

Manual or inefficient workflows and duplicate entry
Disconnected systems with brittle or missing integrations
No reliable view of performance or ROI
Legacy systems blocking growth and standardization
Yield loss, labor productivity pressure, and modernization gaps raising costs

The pressure behind it

Revenue and growth stress, leadership and investor risk, rising input costs, regulatory hoops, competition from imports, and data overload without actionable insights.

What breaks if you wait

Investor confidence, crop and yield, labor efficiency, equipment and water management. Long term: stalled growth, blocked M&A or exit, weaker market access, and innovation caps.

If that sounds familiar, your team isn't the problem. The system is.

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What Opreto Solves for the Greenhouse Industry

Problem	Opreto's Fix
Leaders don't trust reports enough to run the day	Design KPIs from real workflows; reconcile to cost codes; surface only the metrics operators and leaders use to decide.
Climate and fertigation do not line up with crop and labor	Unify signals from Priva/Argus with crop and labor tools. Build a stable event pipeline so one deviation can trigger scouting, action, and ERP posting.
Double entry and brittle handoffs	Replace spreadsheets with stable APIs and clear data contracts so you post once and reuse everywhere.
Integrations fail after vendor updates	Harden connectors with monitoring and versioned adapters so operations keep moving when vendors change.
Adding houses or a second site multiplies complexity	Standardize data model, permissions, and deployments so one working setup becomes a repeatable template.

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How We Work: Opreto's 5-Step Plan

You won't find hand-off documents and offshore project managers here. Our senior engineers are the ones doing the work, alongside your team, every step of the way.

Step 1: Embed and Appraise

We run focused 60–90 minute meetings with operations, growing, finance, and IT to map one priority workflow end to end. We review your current tools, data samples, and failure history to define success metrics like yield impact, labor per kilogram, and time to close.

Step 2: Architect and Modernize

Together we define data contracts, access roles, and security boundaries. We select a single workflow for the first pilot so results are fast, low risk, and easy to measure.

Step 3: Integrate and Migrate

We stabilize APIs and build the event pipeline that links climate and fertigation to crop tasks, labor, and cost codes in ERP or CRM. Shadow writes, backfills, and versioned adapters keep production live while we cut duplicate entries.

Step 4: Measure and Improve

We turn the pilot on behind a feature flag for one house or crop cycle, then track latency from event to action, exception rates, and rework. We iterate quickly, update SOPs, and train your team so the changes stick.

Step 5: Scale and Sustain

We standardize the data model and deployment template so you can repeat the pattern across houses and sites. You get runbooks, monitoring, and a handoff plan, plus optional quarterly health checks to keep integrations reliable as you grow.

Let's Do This Right.

Most vendors ship a spec and leave. We embed with your team, design around live operations, and deliver small, safe changes that add up fast. I lead the work and stay accountable through rollout.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this for?

Mid-to-large greenhouse operators with $5M–$100M revenue who need their stack to work as one.

What are our alternatives and why don't they stick?

Hire internally: hard to find engineers who understand both greenhouse ops and production-grade integrations. The ramp is slow.

Generic agency/consultant: can build prototypes, but handoffs often fail in live facilities.

Buy another point tool: adds features but not the backbone that unifies data and workflow.

Spreadsheets and workarounds: scale poorly and break with vendor updates.

In practice, teams end up with fragile bridges that re-introduce double entry and delay.

How is Opreto different?

We act like an internal integration team focused on greenhouses. I lead the work hands-on, designs around live operations, and ships small, safe changes that your crew can run. You keep the tools that work. We connect them into one dependable flow with clean ownership at handoff.

When should we talk?

You're adding houses or a second site, leadership wants trusted KPIs, audits and grants are coming, or double entry is slowing the team. Any one of those is enough.

Do you have proof?

Yes. We can share an anonymized greenhouse case study, references where permitted, and a sample integration map that mirrors your stack.

What happens in the first two weeks?

Short working sessions with growing, ops, finance, and IT to map one high-value workflow. You get a current-state map, a ranked friction list, and a pilot spec that can ship in a single sprint.

Will this disrupt production?

No. We test in a safe lane first, run side-by-side writes, and switch over with a feature flag. If anything looks off, we roll back in minutes.

Who owns the code and data?

You do. We hand off clean docs, runbooks, and training so the team isn't dependent on us.

Can you handle multiple sites and mixed vendors?

Yes. We standardize the data model, permissions, and deployments so the pattern you like repeats at the next house and site.

How do you handle security and compliance?

Least-privilege access, audit logs, and clear data boundaries are built into normal work. That gives you traceability without extra busywork.

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Dylan Herbert

Dylan is an empath, adventurer, and storyteller; a manager with a focus on people and harmony. He is an excellent communicator who seeks to identify obstacles, and engages with all parties to clear those obstacles.

He has decades of experience in IT support for the telecommunications, manufacturing, and mental health support sectors, building teams, implementing systems, and filling technology gaps, consistently with a strategic vision. He holds a B.A. in Ethics and Technology from Carleton University.

He has a long-standing passion for the culture of open source software development, and loves photography, expressing feelings, and video games that have world maps.

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