AACE International is honored to be able to recognize all award winners at this year’s Conference & Expo. It is through such outstanding ability, service, and dedication displayed by our members that AACE International can continue to be the strong organization that it is. Our thanks go to you for the hard work, long hours, heartfelt involvement, and commitment to excellence that these awards symbolize. It is our great pleasure to share these awards with you and to acknowledge everything you have given to AACE. Congratulations!
AACE is pleased to recognize the following award winners:
Dan Melamed, CCP EVP FAACE; Glen Palmer, CFCC PSP FAACE; and Mohammed Rafiuddin, CCP PSP FAACE – FELLOWS
The membership grade of Fellow is a selective and prestigious honor for the recipients. Approval of Fellow is in recognition of professional attainment and significant accomplishment in cost management or cost engineering. Fellows are designated by the following acronym: FAACE. Nominees are vetted by the Fellow Admissions Committee and recommended for approval of a majority vote by the Board of Directors. The criteria used in awarding Fellow classifications are: Professional attainment based on contributions to the professional advancement of cost management, cost engineering, or the engineering profession and valuable service to AACE International; and contributions to the knowledge of the profession and dissemination of that knowledge based on publications, presentations, and bringing cost management/cost engineering to industry, educational institutions, forums, or government agencies.
Dan Melamed, CCP EVP FAACE – Dan has been a member of AACE since 2004. He earned the Certified Cost Professional (CCP) designation in 2008 and the Earned Value Professional (EVP) in 2012. He has served in a variety of leadership roles for the National Capital Section including President (2009-2011) and Past President (2011-2013). Dan has served as a member of the AACE Technical Board since 2011 including service on the AACE Board of Directors as the Vice President - Technical Board (2014-2016). He is the Chair of the EVP Technical Subcommittee (2016-present). He has also served as a member of AACE's Ethics Committee since 2017 and is the current chair of the AACE Constitution and Bylaws Committee beginning that term in 2018. Dan is a frequent presenter and author of technical papers at the AACE Conference & Expo. He has been a contributor to nine (9) Recommended Practices (RPs). Fun lesser-known fact about Dan: he holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Princeton University as well as a U.S. Patent (669984B1 with Paul D. Kalb; Bhavesh R. Patel; and Mark Fuhrmann (03.29.1999) for the “treatment of Mercury Containing Waste”). He has previously been recognized by AACE with the Technical Excellence Award (2014). Dan is a Physical Scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy.
Glen Palmer, CFCC PSP FAACE – Glen joined AACE in 2002. He was on the task force that helped to create the Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) in 2004. Glen earned the Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC) designation in 2008. He is a frequent presenter and author of technical papers at the Conference & Expo. He has been a contributor to two Recommended Practices (RPs). He has served as a member of both the Planning & Scheduling Technical Subcommittee and the CDR Technical Subcommittee. Glen is the owner of GR Palmer Consulting Services, LLC since 2005.
Mohammed Rafiuddin, CCP PSP FAACE – Mohammed joined AACE in 2007. He earned the Certified Cost Professional (CCP) designation in 2007 and the Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) designation in 2009. Mohammed served on the AACE International Board of Directors for four years, including one term as Director-Region 7 and most recently as the Vice President Membership - International (2017-2019). He is currently serving on AACE's Nominations Committee, the Awards Committee, and as a member of the AACE Education Board. At the local section level, Mohammed has been elected to and served the Arabian Gulf Section in a variety of leadership roles including VP Technical (2009-2010), President (2010-2011 and 2013-2016), and Past President (2011-2012). He has previously been recognized by AACE as the recipient of the O.T. Zimmerman Founder's Award (2017).
– Dan has been a member of AACE since 2004. He earned the Certified Cost Professional (CCP) designation in 2008 and the Earned Value Professional (EVP) in 2012. He has served in a variety of leadership roles for the National Capital Section including President (2009-2011) and Past President (2011-2013). Dan has served as a member of the AACE Technical Board since 2011 including service on the AACE Board of Directors as the Vice President - Technical Board (2014-2016). He is the Chair of the EVP Technical Subcommittee (2016-present). He has also served as a member of AACE's Ethics Committee since 2017 and is the current chair of the AACE Constitution and Bylaws Committee beginning that term in 2018. Dan is a frequent presenter and author of technical papers at the AACE Conference & Expo. He has been a contributor to nine (9) Recommended Practices (RPs). Fun lesser-known fact about Dan: he holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Princeton University as well as a U.S. Patent (669984B1 with Paul D. Kalb; Bhavesh R. Patel; and Mark Fuhrmann (03.29.1999) for the “treatment of Mercury Containing Waste”). He has previously been recognized by AACE with the Technical Excellence Award (2014). Dan is a Physical Scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy.
Glen Palmer, CFCC PSP FAACE – Glen joined AACE in 2002. He was on the task force that helped to create the Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) in 2004. Glen earned the Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC) designation in 2008. He is a frequent presenter and author of technical papers at the Conference & Expo. He has been a contributor to two Recommended Practices (RPs). He has served as a member of both the Planning & Scheduling Technical Subcommittee and the CDR Technical Subcommittee. Glen is the owner of GR Palmer Consulting Services, LLC since 2005.
Mohammed Rafiuddin, CCP PSP FAACE – Mohammed joined AACE in 2007. He earned the Certified Cost Professional (CCP) designation in 2007 and the Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) designation in 2009. Mohammed served on the AACE International Board of Directors for four years, including one term as Director-Region 7 and most recently as the Vice President Membership - International (2017-2019). He is currently serving on AACE's Nominations Committee, the Awards Committee, and as a member of the AACE Education Board. At the local section level, Mohammed has been elected to and served the Arabian Gulf Section in a variety of leadership roles including VP Technical (2009-2010), President (2010-2011 and 2013-2016), and Past President (2011-2012). He has previously been recognized by AACE as the recipient of the O.T. Zimmerman Founder's Award (2017).
*As a result of the 2020 Conference & Expo being held virtually, the 2020 award recipients will receive their trophies at the 2021 Conference & Expo in Boston.