1.
BOUTIQUE ENTERPRISE DATA
MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2.
Plugging the Data
Management Skills
Gap
Data management requires a very special skillset. Data
management necessitates IT skills to understand data
operations, flows, and technology stack. It calls for the
ability to engage and understand strategic business logic
and needs. It requires an appreciation of legal and security
concerns. It demands an understanding of data, a valuable
but much-misunderstood asset, must be managed. And,
above all, it requires a passion for data. We cannot offers
consultants who check all the boxes, but as an agency, we
do have the range of skills across our 60 data engineers
and consultants to take on even the most challenging
enterprise-level projects.
Since our first client, P&G, in 2005, we have had the
privilege to work with some prestigious firms, leaders in
their sectors. Those sectors have included everything from
FMCG & Retail, Banking & Insurance, Oil & Gas, and
manufacturing. We have implemented complex data
technology stocks that have become case studies for major
partners such as IBM, advised leading brands on their
journey to digital transformation, and developed data
strategies at the national level. We are genuinely proud of
our team's achievements and look forward to new and
ever greater challenges.
Yury Klohchko
CEO & Founder

3.
Service Areas
Data Management Consulting
We review and assess organisations’ data policies,
practices, and processes so as to provide
recommendations on how to achieve higher data quality
and usage. We might improve data models, recommend
options to optimise business processes, develop data
governance policies, or implement data management
standards. A project might involve identifying how the
user interface of a form, a glossary, or even an
organisation’s overall architecture leads to low data
quality or failing to reflect business realities.
Data Engineering Projects
We offer the software skills to build, modify, and integrate
the master data management systems needed to ensure
organisations can govern, collect, and make available
datasets. We work with a variety of technology providers,
including cloud, hybrid, and on-premises solutions. We
work on both the implementation of new solutions and
working on existing or partly implemented solutions. We
similarly can perform data cleaning and enrichment
activities.

4.
Just some of over 60 strong team
Marat Khakimov
Employee #1 has worked on and overseen
multiple complex master data management
system implementations these 15 years.
Previous to that he had 15 years experience
as a Java developer. He holds numerous
certifications from Oracle, IBM, Coursera, and
edX. He has a passion for robotics
Maria Novokhatskaya
Part-engineer, part-consultant, Maria has
both supported and project-managed the
technical implementation of IBM’s
master data management tech stack and
supported workshops and audits of
clients’ data processes. She came to us
as an experienced SAP-consultant. Maria
is a fan of yoga and an avid reader.
Andrey Larionov
Andrey has the experience of multiple major
enterprises' efforts to improve their data
maturity, particularly from the retail,
insurance, and oil & gas sectors. He has
written extensively on the topic of data
management. Outside of work, among many
interests, he plays electric guitar.

5.
Partners
BSSG was founder by Yury Klochko.
Yury is one of the most senior data
governance professionals in Russia.
He is the co-editor of the Russian
translation of DAMA-DMBOK's 2nd
Edition and regularly speaks at
business schools about data-driven
companies and digital
transformation. He was joined 10
years ago by Alexander Klochko,
Alexey Drach, and Oleg Berezhinskiy.
All three came from careers at major
corporations. Marek Zaremba-Pike
joined in 2020 to lead BSSG’s
international expansion.

6.
Why our
clients
choose us
1. Reputation and time on market
We are proud to have such a relatively long history in data management, especially for the European
market. We have successfully delivered almost 400 projects for major enterprises during that time, many
with multi-million dollar budgets. We are partners to major IT vendors.
2. Exclusive focus on data management
We are not an IT agency that does data management nor a management consultancy that does some
data projects. We are entirely focussed on data management. This focus has allowed us to develop the
depth of expertise we have on the topic.
3. Size and experience of the team
Experienced data management professionals are still rare. We take the effort to train and invest in our
now over 60 talented individuals to create that talent. The size of our teams allows our clients the option
to call on support on a project basis.
4. Cost advantage vs in-house
Many clients are still only just becoming familiar with the role and office of Chief Data Officer. And so,
even if they have a CDO, their team is small or non-existent. On the more technical side, many vendors of
leading MDM systems are unable to fully support the implementation and integration of their systems.
That’s where we come in.

7.
Data Management Consulting: Case Studies
As a result of growth and international expansion, Motul found
that its data management practices were now preventing
further development. We undertook a full assessment of all
their global data management practices, policies, models, and
systems across two domains (Product and Customer). We then
developed new data models to allow for (1) enrichment and (2)
also integration between their e-commerce platform and other
systems. We developed new practices, including naming
conventions, where data was entered, and bringing barcodes in
line with GS1 standards.
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation needed to establish
a clear strategy for harmonising data reporting standards with
international standards. The Central Bank needed a detailed
assessment both of the practices both of those banks
maintaining dual reports and those that had already sought to
harmonise reports into one. They also sought guidance on
DAMA and CMMI’s data maturity assessments and our input into
a cost benefit analysis of developing a Russia specific maturity
assessment.

8.
Data Engineering Projects: Case Studies
P&G
We built a full-cycle MDM system for Procter &
Gamble Eastern Europe LLC. We developed the
system interfaces for integration with the global
corporate systems, including SAP ERP and Oracle
Reference Data Server. The system included
modules for conducting the main local P&G business
processes: pricing management, direct delivery,
planning the launch of new products, and
promotional packages.
X5
Х5 Retail Group is Central and Eastern Europe’s largest
retailer. We built a single NSI management system
based on IBM’s InfoSphere Master Data Management
and integrated it with corporate information systems.
This was IBM’s largest implementation of its Cloud Pak
for Data. We also implemented data management and
consolidation schemes for two main domains (Materials
and Company Objects) and developed corporate
classifiers (hierarchy levels, types of goods, brands and
non-commercial goods).

9.
Experienced in
Multi-Vendor
Environments
And many, many more!

10.
Thought
Leadership
WE OVERSAW AND EDITED
THE TRANSLATION OF
DAMA’S DMBOK 2 INTO
RUSSIAN.

11.
Four Stages
As a further example of our thought
leadership, at BSSG, we have developed a
framework for understanding the direct
connection between data and a company’s
business model. We identify companies as
belonging to one of four different stages.
Companies compete in radically different
ways depending on what stage they are at.
This framework presents a hierarchy with
those competing based on the solely on
strengths of their people at the bottom and
those whose competitive advantage lies in
their models, as well as their people,
processes, and data. We see our broader
mission as helping companies move from
process-driven to data-driven companies.

12.
We are ready to support
your data projects!
Please contact our Managing Partner for International Markets
Marek Zaremba-Pike on marekzp@bssgglobal.com