Baris Yener

Baris Yener has more than 25 years of experience in executive leadership, growth strategy development, and organizational transformation. His business-development and project work has involved a wide range of clients, including the World Bank, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other private sector and federal agencies.

As Chief Client Officer at Abt, Yener leads client strategy and growth to ensure the voice of the customer drives investment decisions, capability development, and market execution. He is recognized for building strong client partnerships, aligning cross‑functional leadership around customer needs, and translating market feedback into a competitive advantage and differentiated impact.

Prior to Abt, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Growth Officer for Public Sector & Technology at ICF, where he helped deliver record top-line growth in consecutive years by modernizing capture, review, and sales processes around client experience and mission value.

Earlier, Yener spent 13 years at Booz Allen Hamilton leading the firm’s Market Sensing & Development capability, enabling senior leaders to integrate customer feedback and market intelligence into strategic decision-making. He has also held leadership roles at Alion Science & Technology, Corporate Executive Board (now Gartner), Washington Asset Management Inc., and Direct Export, Inc.

Expertise

• Growth and strategy development
• Organizational design and transformation
• Talent development
• Government acquisition strategy
• Mergers and acquisitions