Ploy Buraparate

Ploy Buraparate has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Ploy is currently working as a Team Lead & Manager at Colorado Digital Service, where they started in February 2023. Prior to this, they worked as a Senior UX Design Lead at the same company, starting in March 2021.

Before joining Colorado Digital Service, Ploy was the Co-Creator of The Antiracism Activation Kit from July 2020 to July 2021. In this role, they created introductory content and facilitated antiracism confrontation training workshops.

Ploy also gained experience at IBM, where they held multiple roles. Ploy started as an Associate Designer for IBM Security Verify in January 2016 and later became a Designer/Facilitator in June 2017. In these positions, they conducted user research, collaborated with a design team, and performed user testing using prototypes.

Additionally, Ploy worked as a UX/UI Consultant at Squarecap from October 2015 to January 2016 and as a UX/UI Designer at HatchForce from January 2015 to October 2015.

Earlier in their career, Ploy held roles such as Sales and Marketing Associate at Jobhuk from December 2014 to October 2015, Executive Assistant at Adjuris LLC from July 2014 to August 2015, Illustrator at The Daily Texan from 2013 to 2014, and Research Assistant at The University of Texas at Austin from January 2013 to December 2013.

Overall, Ploy Buraparate has demonstrated their expertise in UX design, research, facilitation, and team leadership throughout their career in various organizations and industries.

Ploy Buraparate completed a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin from 2012 to 2014. Prior to that, they attained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Psychology from The University of Texas at Dallas from 2009 to 2012. Details about their primary education at Kingwood High are not provided. Additionally, Ploy Buraparate obtained several certifications, including "Introduction to Coding" from SheCodes Workshops in December 2020, "Design & User Experience (D&UX) Essentials" from IBM in October 2020, "Outstanding Technical Achievement Award" from IBM in October 2019, "Patterns Design Program Cohort Coach" from IBM in September 2019, "Be Equal Ambassador" from IBM in June 2019, "Enterprise Design Thinking Coach" from IBM in April 2019, and filed their first patent with IBM in October 2018.