In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re spotlighting four members of our Enlace family, asking them questions about their lives, their careers, Hispanic Heritage Month and what it means to be “Latino”.

For this feature, we caught up with our APAC Advanced Data & Analytics lead Nishan Dharmatileke to talk data and advanced analytics, opportunities and challenges it brings and how we’re making the most out of data to solve client challenges around the globe.

Tara Ajello started as an engineer in water resources projects—and now leads an initiative to transform how projects are planned at Jacobs. Read on to find out how she’s built this diverse project management career and her career advice.

Jacobs Vice President, Operations Leader for North Texas & Oklahoma Sindhu Avalokita shares her thoughts on leadership, recalls a scary but ultimately rewarding career change, and explains her interest in every letter of “STEAM.”

For this Q&A, we connected with Tess Gillham, Principal Design Manager, Water, to talk about her role, what sparked her interest in a career in water and why she‘s excited about the future of water in New Zealand.

For this Q&A we connected with Zwerus Evers, senior mechanical engineer, to talk about his new role at Jacobs, what sparked his interest in a career in engineering and water and his proudest career moment of becoming a chartered professional engineer.

For this Q&A we connected with Section Leader Water and Wastewater Infrastructure, New Zealand, Kate Simmonds to talk about her role, what sparked her interest in water and how she’s bringing international best practice to New Zealand.

In this Q&A, Principal Water & Environment Consultant Neil Blazey shares insights on his role at Jacobs, what sparked his interest in water and his experiences volunteering at two non-Governmental Organizations in Vanuatu.

For this Q&A we connected with Water and Wastewater Process Engineer Hayden Porter to talk about his role in designing sustainable and resilient water infrastructure, what sparked his interest in water and how recognizing the intrinsic value of water will lead to more sustainable and resilient outcomes.

We connected with Jacobs’ Sara Vivas, Client Deliverables Supervisor and lucky Collectively Golden Ticket winner talks about The Trevor Project, the organization she chose to donate to, why the Project is so meaningful to her, and ribbon snakes.

We connected with Jacobs’ Katarzyna Dusza, Project Accounting, Treasury and Finance Lead in Krakow and lucky Collectively Golden Ticket winner to chat about ‘Rak’N’Roll’, the organization she chose to donate to, why the organization is so meaningful to her, and her newly-discovered passion for baking and gardening.

We connected with Jacobs’ Michelle Rivamonte, Project Control Manager and lucky Collectively Golden Ticket winner to chat about Community Plus Queensland Incorporated and Give Books to Children in the Philippines, the organizations she chose to donate to, why the organizations are so meaningful to her, and her unbroken streak!