Astronomer CEO Andy Byron quits
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Astronomer CEO Andy Byron has resigned after being seen embracing an employee on large video screens during a Coldplay concert.
Astronomer CEO Andy Byron has resigned days after a video showing a couple ducking away from the kiss cam at a recent Coldplay concert in Massachusetts went viral. The pair appeared so caught off guard in the clip that Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin dropped a zinger that immediately sent internet sleuths to work.
For a tech company scandal, the Coldplay concert kiss cam moment between Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and HR lead Kristin Cabot seems fairly innocuous—but the software company has given both the (temporary) boot.
The viral claims of 'The Simpsons' predicting the Astronomer saga involving Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot have been debunked.
Astronomer announced that another executive is serving as interim CEO amid the public debacle involving Andy and chief people officer Kristin Cabot.
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As Astronomer suspended Andy Byron after his Coldplay kiss cam video with company HR head Kristin Cabot went viral, accounts of his toxic leadership are surfacing one by one. A 2018 report detailed the mismanagement of startup Cybereason,