Jay Knott is executive vice president and chief business officer at Abt Associates, overseeing all of the company’s business divisions, its two wholly owned subsidiaries Abt SRBI and Abt JTA, international operations, reputational capital and global business development. Before joining Abt Associates, Knott was the U.S. Agency for International Development mission director in Jordan, leading one of the largest U.S. economic assistance programs in the world.