Jim Hurysz

James T. "Jim" Hurysz (born 3 February 1947) is an independent businessman, CEO, and consultant in manufacturing quality assurance. From 1988 to 2008 he served on the U.S. technical advisory group to ISO Technical Committee 176, which develops the ISO 9000 quality assurance standards. He is also active in the fields of data quality and information quality. He is a political progressive, who has run unsuccessfully for the Arlington, Virginia County Board, and the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia's 8th congressional district. He sought the Democratic Party nomination during his Board campaigns and ran as an independent/Progressive in the Congressional races of 2004 and 2006, attempting to unseat Jim Moran (D), incumbent in that seat since 1991. In 2007 he persuaded the United States Federal Election Commission to allow foreign nationals to be volunteers and paid campaign workers in federal election campaigns.