Jessica (Malakian) Newton

Product Marketing Specialist, Senior

Progress

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

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Articles by the Author

This Hackathon Team Used AI and OpenEdge to Reduce Manual Data Anonymization Effort
A hackathon team enhanced Wayfare’s OpenEdge-based Deblur tool by using Progress Agentic RAG to suggest which database fields should be anonymized from GDPR guidance, cutting manual effort while keeping humans in control for compliance.
OpenEdge 13.0: What This Innovation Release Really Delivers
OpenEdge 13.0 is an innovation release that helps teams modernize OpenEdge applications to be more secure and AI-ready by boosting developer productivity (ABL and IDE upgrades), improving DBA operations (faster backups/diagnostics), and strengthening compliance-focused security controls (including FIPS 140-3 support).
Migrating to PAS for OpenEdge: What “Best Practices” Really Mean
The blog explains that migrating from Classic AppServer/WebSpeed to PAS for OpenEdge is a fundamentally different, HTTP/Tomcat-based operating model that succeeds only with deliberate architecture planning, new tooling/operations readiness, rigorous performance testing, and security-first configuration.
Calling All OpenEdge Developers: Join the Conversation on Discord
The blog invites OpenEdge developers and others interested in Progress OpenEdge to join the community-driven “Progress Labs” Discord for real-time collaboration, practical knowledge sharing and informal conversation alongside (not replacing) the more structured Progress Community.
Application Transformation Is a Cultural Shift: What Modernization Really Means in 2026
Modern application transformation in 2026 is less about replacing technology and more about adopting a business‑first, continuously improving culture that unlocks data, modern UX and AI‑driven innovation without disrupting what already works.
Hackathon Success Story: How Two Students Used AI and OpenEdge to Tackle Real-World Business Challenges
Two students, David and Alireza, used their first experience with Progress OpenEdge to build an AI-powered demand forecasting solution during a hackathon, showcasing how OpenEdge, Agentic RAG and modern AI workflows can solve real-world business challenges and spark future innovation.
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