The Best Time to Welcome Jeff Fritz Back Is When Developers Need Him Most

As software development enters its next era, the Telerik team at Progress is expanding beyond UI to help developers build better software, faster.

For more than 20 years, Progress Telerik has helped developers build better software, faster.

AI hasn’t changed our mission. It’s changed the problems developers need help solving.

That’s why we’re excited to welcome Jeff Fritz back to Progress.

A Familiar Face Returns

If you’ve spent time in the .NET community over the last two decades, chances are you’ve crossed paths with Jeff. Whether through his Twitch channel, conference talks, videos or his work at Microsoft, Jeff has built a reputation for helping developers understand emerging technologies by demystifying complex ideas and making them immediately useful.

But prior to Microsoft, Jeff was part of the Telerik team, where he helped developers embrace modern .NET and web technologies. Jeff’s return to the team isn’t just a sentimental return, it’s also to help Progress as it moves in a new direction .

Like Jeff, for many developers, their journey with Progress Telerik began with our UI components. And we continue to help thousands of organizations build modern .NET and JavaScript web, desktop and mobile applications.

But as software development evolves, so do the challenges developers face. Today, engineering teams aren’t just building applications. They’re integrating AI to produce better experiences at a faster pace than ever.

That’s why we’re expanding the ways we help developers build better software. Alongside our already well-known UI components, we’re investing in tools that help teams build AI-powered applications and agents, accelerate software delivery and confidently observe, manage and govern intelligent systems. As AI reshapes software development, exceptional user experiences remain just as important They’re simply one part of a broader software engineering challenge.

This isn’t a departure from who we are. We are still doing what we’ve always done: giving developers the tools, knowledge and confidence to stay ahead of the next technology curve.

At the heart of every technology shift are the people who help others navigate it.

Throughout his career, Jeff has earned the trust of developers by making complex technology approachable without oversimplifying it. He helps developers understand not just what’s new, but why it matters and how to apply it in the real world.

That’s exactly the role he’ll play at Progress.

Throughout his career, Jeff has earned the trust of developers by making complex technology accessible without oversimplifying it. He has an innate ability to help developers understand not just what’s new, but why it matters and how to apply it in the real world.

And that philosophy couldn’t be more aligned with Progress’ own.

“I’ve spent my career helping developers understand what’s changing and how to turn new technology into practical, reliable solutions. Returning to Progress felt natural. This next era of software development demands tools that are thoughtful, durable and built with developers’ real challenges in mind—and I’m excited to help shape them.”

Jeff will be working closely with the community to share, learn, listen and lead. The technologies developers use will continue to evolve. That’s always been true. Our mission remains. We’ll continue helping developers build better software, faster, wherever technology takes us next.

Welcome back, Jeff. Let’s build what’s next.