# Asaf Ganot

> Asaf Ganot is the co-founder of ControlUp, the company that pioneered the Digital Employee Experience (DEX) management category. He spent a decade as CEO building ControlUp from an Israeli VDI monitoring tool into a global enterprise software leader backed by $141M in funding, before transitioning to Executive Chairman and CEO of ControlUp Labs in 2023 to focus on product vision and innovation.

- **Role:** Executive Chairman & CEO of ControlUp Labs at ControlUp
- **Organizations:** ControlUp, ControlUp Labs, Smart-X Software Solutions
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** Degree (field not specified), Open University of Israel
- **Known for:** Co-founded ControlUp in 2008, pioneering the Digital Employee Experience (DEX) management market category, Grew ControlUp to 6M+ seats under management and 2,000+ global customers including one-third of Fortune 100, Led $100M Series D funding round in November 2021 (total funding: $141M)

## Career timeline

- **pre-2008** — SysAdmin at YES DBS Satellite Services Ltd.
- **pre-2008** — Senior Consultant for Enterprise Customers at Ness
- **pre-2008** — Director of Information Technology at BDO Ziv Haft Israel
- **pre-2008** — Director of Product Management at Jetro Platforms
- **2008** — Co-founded Smart-X Software Solutions; served as General Manager / CEO for approximately five years
- **2008** — Co-founded ControlUp with Yoni Avital (and Amir Harel)
- **2014** — ControlUp formally launched its VDI monitoring product; Ganot became CEO
- **2018** — ControlUp reached 1,000 customers milestone
- **2020** — ControlUp expanded with UK and German offices; acquired Scoutbees for synthetic monitoring
- **2021** — Led $100M Series D funding round co-led by K1 Investment Management and JVP; total funding reached $141M
- **2023** — Transitioned from CEO to Executive Chairman and CEO of ControlUp Labs; Jed Ayres appointed CEO
- **2024** — ControlUp Labs acquired Israeli engineering firm Takoto to advance automation capabilities
- **2024-2025** — ControlUp named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Employee Experience Management Tools for second consecutive year

## Achievements

- Co-founded ControlUp in 2008, pioneering the Digital Employee Experience (DEX) management market category
- Grew ControlUp to 6M+ seats under management and 2,000+ global customers including one-third of Fortune 100
- Led $100M Series D funding round in November 2021 (total funding: $141M)
- Positioned ControlUp as a back-to-back Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for DEX Management Tools (2024 and 2025)
- Scaled ControlUp to 390 employees across global offices
- Founded ControlUp Labs innovation subsidiary and led acquisition of Takoto to advance autonomous IT capabilities
- 4,700+ Certified ControlUp Experts trained globally under his leadership

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — ControlUp named a Leader in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for DEX Management Tools for second consecutive year; ControlUp ONE platform reaches 4.7/5 stars with 220+ ratings
- **2025-01** — ControlUp records double-digit year-over-year ARR growth; 38% of net new ARR from ControlUp ONE platform; 629% increase in pipeline year-over-year
- **2024** — ControlUp Labs acquires Israeli engineering firm Takoto; ControlUp for Compliance launched; Fort Lauderdale office opened
- **2026** — ControlUp acquires UniPath Inc. to enhance agentic AI; Pulse AI and Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM) launched
- **2023-08** — Transitioned from CEO to Executive Chairman; Jed Ayres appointed as new ControlUp CEO

## Links

- Website: https://controlup.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asafganot/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/AsafGanot
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/controllingup

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Last updated: 2026-05-27