The AACE International Board of Directors recently approved the nomination of Aldo Dorea Mattos, CCP, as a 2023 Fellow of AACE International. 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 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.

Highlights of Aldo Dorea Mattos’s AACE International membership include:

• AACE member since 2007
• Certified Cost Professional (CCP) since 2013
• Regional Director RD10 (2013-2015)
• Brazil Section President (2014-2017)and currently serving as the Brazil Section President
• Author/presenter at prior AACE International Annual Meetings
• Instructor of a CCP prep course in Denmark and Brazil
• Presenter/author for other organizations (Author of five books)