Data Integration. Metadata Mastery. AI-Driven Pipelines.

Specialized consultancy delivering enterprise-grade Ab Initio solutions, data governance frameworks, and next-generation agentic coding architectures.

About Us

Founded in 2022 in Cyprus, Dugoschija Consulting Ltd. bridges the gap between legacy enterprise data architectures and modern AI-driven automation.

Led by Principal Consultant Darko Dugoschija, our team brings over 16 years of software engineering experience and a decade of deep expertise in the Ab Initio ecosystem. We help financial institutions, retail enterprises, and tech companies transform raw data into governed, actionable assets.

While we excel in traditional ETL and metadata management, we are actively pioneering AI-augmented data pipelines, leveraging agentic coding to accelerate development cycles and enhance data quality workflows.

16+

Years Experience

10+

Ab Initio Projects

2022

Est. in Cyprus

Core Expertise

Ab Initio Platform & ETL

Full-stack architecture using GDE, Conduct>It, Express>It, and VDL/TSVDL. Environment provisioning, performance tuning, and DevOps integration.

Metadata & Lineage Management

Custom Metadata Hub deployments, physical-to-business lineage mapping, glossary integration, and multi-tenant access modeling.

Data Quality & Compliance

DCS/QI implementation, automated data profiling, rule-based validation frameworks, and BCBS239 regulatory reporting pipelines.

MDM Integration

End-to-end data acquisition and cleansing for Master Data Management platforms. Experienced with Reltio, Paxata, and SnapLogic integrations.

Featured Projects

Data Governance Platform

2025–2026

Banking, Oldenburg, Germany

Supporting rollout of metadata-driven central Data Governance platform based on Ab Initio Metadata Hub. Tailoring custom objects, hierarchies, and UI elements. AI-backed import of various reporting systems.

Ab Initio 4.4 Metadata Hub 4.4 DCS/QI 4.4 Oracle DB Datastage SSAS

Data Governance Platform

2024–2026

Insurance, Munich, Germany

Development and optimization of central Data Governance platform revolving around Data Products. Preparing Data as a Product using EZgraph and DCS. AI-backed import of unsupported reporting systems.

Ab Initio 4.4 Metadata Hub 4.4 Corporate-GPT Oracle DB PostgreSQL MSSQL

Central Data Integration Platform

2024–2025

Banking, Berlin, Germany

Development and optimization of existing Ab Initio ETL pipelines for corporate central data integration. Optimization of daily data loading routines using Express>It Business Rules.

Ab Initio 4.3 Metadata Hub 4.3 Express>It Oracle DB

Data Governance & Cataloging

2023–2024

Retail, Heilbronn, Germany

Enrichment and customization of central Data Governance platform for a major European retailer. Introducing multi-tenant concept, custom UI extensions, and external system integration.

Ab Initio 4.2 Metadata Hub 4.2 PostgreSQL EntityAPI XML

Data Governance Platform

2022–2023

Automotive, Munich, Germany

Multi-market metadata and data quality model development spanning multiple countries. Building custom solutions to extract exact lineage for main KPIs and critical data elements.

Ab Initio 4.1 Metadata Hub 4.1 Oracle DB 19c XML

Data Quality & Metadata Management

2019–2022

Banking, Moscow, Russia

Development and rollout of central data quality and metadata platform for a major Russian state bank. Export of EME physical lineage to Apache Atlas. On-demand DQ self-service development.

Ab Initio 4.0 Metadata Hub 4.0 DQA Apache Atlas Oracle DB 19c

Data Integration Platform

2019

Banking, Stuttgart, Germany

Development of central data integration platform for consolidation of different source systems and preparation of a central Business Layer.

Ab Initio Oracle DB 12c Shell Scripting

Reltio MDM Rollout & Data Acquisition

2018–2019

Retail, Texas, USA

Implementation and rollout of Reltio MDM software. Multi-system data acquisition, profiling/cleansing, and preparation of standardized Raw Data Layers.

Reltio MDM Paxata SnapLogic PostgreSQL REST API

Data Mart CRM – Banking Sector

2016–2018

Banking, Berlin, Germany

Developed and prepared a "single point of truth" data mart. Managed rollout, monitoring, and reporting while leveraging Metadata Hub for comprehensive lineage tracking and data quality assessment.

Ab Initio 4.0 Metadata Hub 4.0 Data Quality Assessment Oracle DB 12c/19c MicroStrategy

Oracle CRM On Demand & Sales Cloud Integration

2014–2016

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Extended Oracle CRM On Demand functionality with a custom WebLogic 12c application server and mass-update tool handling up to 15,000 records. Integrated Ab Initio for high-performance ETL, data profiling, and global data distribution across 50+ countries. Led the subsequent migration to Oracle Sales Cloud, managing large-scale data export/import, cleansing pipelines, instance customization, and automated daily updates.

Ab InitioOracle CoD / Sales CloudWebLogic 12cJava / Python / GroovySOAPShell Scripts

CODE – Customer Obsolete Data Erasure

2014–2015

Munich, Germany

Designed and implemented a "privacy by design" data deletion framework for a Siebel-based CRM. Analyzed cross-system dependencies to ensure compliant erasure of obsolete personal data per EU directives.

Siebel CRMSOAP / JMSData PrivacyShell Scripting

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We're scaling up and looking for hungry, curious minds.

Data & ETL Enthusiasts

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Dugoschija Consulting Ltd.
Registered in Cyprus | HE 432807
Evagora Laniti, 23 Flat/Office E16 Pissouri,
4607 Limassol, Cyprus