Episode #16 - 1st Year Recap with Jed Ayres, CEO of ControlUp

In this milestone episode of ControlUp Community Radio, host Douglas Brown sits down with Jed Ayres, CEO of ControlUp, to reflect on his first year at the helm. In this insightful conversation, Jed shares his key learnings, surprises, and favorite memories from the past year. The discussion dives into tool consolidation, automation success stories, and how ControlUp expands its solutions beyond traditional VDI and Citrix environments with the ControlUp DEX Platform.


Jed also provides a glimpse into ControlUp's exciting innovations, from security advancements to SaaS monitoring and support for Chromebooks. He discusses the company's progress in the DEX space and how the ControlUp DEX Platform is shaping the future of digital employee experience management.


Key discussion points include:

• Reflections on Jed's first year at ControlUp, including lessons learned and favorite moments.
• The importance of tool consolidation and an automation success story.
• How ControlUp is succeeding beyond DaaS and VDI and shifting the perception of being a "Citrix-only" solution.
• ControlUp's latest innovations in security, SaaS monitoring, and Chromebook support.
• Insights into the DEX space and the role of the ControlUp DEX Platform as a durable and relevant category.
• Best customer success story from the past year.

Please tune in to hear Jed's vision for the future and how ControlUp and its powerful DEX platform are poised to lead the way in digital employee experience management!

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About Jed Ayres, CEO, ControlUp


Jed Ayres is widely recognized for the transformational impact he is making on the end-user computing industry and joined ControlUp as CEO in August 2023.


Ayres has more than 20 years of technology experience and has a wide range of industry experience across workspace management, virtualization and mobility. Prior to joining ControlUp, he was the CEO at IGEL where he drove the company’s successful pivot from a hardware-centric to a software-first company and was instrumental in its acquisition by TA Associates. Before that, he was the SVP of Worldwide Marketing for AppSense, where he helped the company rebrand and achieve significant growth prior to being acquired by Thoma Bravo to be integrated into Ivanti. Ayres was also CMO at MCPc, a $300m+ Solutions Provider in Cleveland that achieved rapid and sustained growth and was acquired by Logicalis. Before McPc, he spent six years as SVP of Partner Management and Marketing at national solution provider MTM Technologies.


He has also held a number of advisory board positions, including Citrix Platinum Council, VMware Global Partner Advisory Board, and the Cisco Marketing Council. Ayres holds a BS in Business Administration from Sonoma State University and an MBA from San Francisco State University. An avid swimmer biker, and runner, Ayres successfully completed six full Ironman races and several ultramarathons. He resides in Marin, California.


Connect with Mr. Ayres on LinkedIn (  / jedayres  ) .

About Douglas A. Brown


Douglas Brown is the VP of Community at ControlUp, where he plays a pivotal role in invigorating the company's customer and partner base. His responsibilities include cultivating and expanding the ControlUp Community.

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