John’s award-winning involvement in the elections space spans over a decade, covering both data-driven strategic development and on-the-ground execution.

During his five years at the Ohio Secretary of State’s office, John led maintenance of the statewide voter registration database and served as lead developer for new and legacy mission-critical elections applications. His work at the Summit County Board of Elections earned him the Ohio Secretary of State’s "Voter Services Award" for work in voter registration automation.

His experience working on data-driven projects large and small includes database design, development, and migration, as well as broad experience in data architecture through designing ETL processes, building data structures, and semantic modeling.

John is also a committed, longtime champion for open data standards through both his own work as well as his advocacy through elections committees and organizations. Since 2017, he’s chaired the NIST-EAC Working Group on Election Modeling, leading their work to build a common understanding of elections across the country.

Follow him on Twitter at @dziurlaj.

Posts by John Dziurłaj

1. What is a Spatial Audit, and how does it aid Election Administration?

   Elections in the United States are inherently spatial, meaning they are tied to specific geographical components. Voters are assigned ballot styles and polling locations based on their place …

2. Caveat emptor no more: The RABET-V Architecture Assessment

   Architecture, the A in RABET-V (yes, it’s an acronym), is a crucial differentiator between CIS’ evaluation program and others. But what makes architecture so vital that we …