As organizations modernize, adapt and innovate, the intersection of advanced AI solutions and enterprise-grade platforms like Progress OpenEdge creates both unique challenges and unprecedented opportunities for the people writing the code.
For OpenEdge developers, while AI-powered coding assistants like GitHub Copilot, VS Code, and Claude are game-changers for mainstream languages, they don’t truly understand OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (ABL). The result? Out-of-the-box AI tools often generate inaccurate ABL code, leaving developers fixing errors, managers struggling to enforce standards and IT leaders worrying about modernization risks and costs.
This gap is why we built the Progress OpenEdge AI Assistant (formerly MCP Connector for ABL) —a purpose-built bridge between your AI assistant and your unique OpenEdge environment. It’s the human-centric AI solution designed specifically to accelerate ABL modernization and boost productivity across your teams.
Key Capabilities
Automate repetitive tasks like boilerplate code, refactoring and unit
test generationLeverage your organization’s rules and documentation at query time
for compliant, aligned outputsModernize outdated ABL into OpenEdge 12-ready syntax and practices
Get real-time, in-context support that adapts as your project evolves
Beyond the Connector: AI Coding Assistant Service
Alongside the product, we offer the OpenEdge AI Coding Assistant Service to help you implement, customize and scale AI-enabled workflows. This includes indexing your codebase, enforcing compliance and supporting modernization initiatives like refactoring for OpenEdge 12 and PAS for OpenEdge.
Move Faster, Reduce Risk, Modernize with Confidence
With the OpenEdge AI Assistant, your team gains a tailored AI coding partner that understands your environment, enforces your standards and accelerates your modernization roadmap.
It’s time to ship ABL code faster, cleaner and more confidently with AI built for your needs, not somebody else’s.
Jessica (Malakian) Newton
Progress Software empowers organizations to achieve transformational success in the face of disruptive change. Our software enables our customers to develop, deploy and manage responsible AI-powered applications and digital experiences with agility and ease.
Bio Overview
With over five years of experience in product marketing, Jessica has developed a strong foundation in application development and database management software. Her entire career has been at Progress, where she began as an intern in 2020 and have since contributed to multiple products, including the Progress Corticon business rules management system and others.
Jessica specializes in Go-To-Market strategy, execution and management for the Progress OpenEdge platform—leading both campaigns and new product launches, as well as content development, market and persona research and other product marketing activities. She consistently delivers results that drive customer retention and foster innovation. Her public speaking skills have been recognized, notably when she placed first in the Pi Sigma Epsilon South/Atlantic Regional Speakers Competition.
Her goal is to empower customers and partners to fully realize the value of their OpenEdge technology—enabling them to modernize, innovate, and achieve greater business impact by maximizing existing investments and seamlessly embracing new capabilities. Whether it’s migrating to the latest version of the OpenEdge applications or leveraging the Progress Data Platform, she is dedicated to showing organizations how to transform their technology into a strategic advantage. Currently, she focuses on multiple initiatives for the OpenEdge platform, including modernization, expanding the developer base, AI integration, security and more, helping customers and partners succeed in a rapidly evolving landscape. Outside of work, Jessica enjoys writing and reading, which help her stay creative and balanced.
Areas of Expertise
- Product Marketing Strategy
- Go-To-Market Execution and Management
- Content Development
- Market and Persona Research
- Public Speaking
Credentials & Publications
- Pi Sigma Epsilon South/Atlantic Regional Speakers Competition – First Place
Connect with Me
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicamalakian/
- Contact Me / Request a Collaboration: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicamalakian/