Astronomer CEO Andy Byron resigns after kiss-cam scandal with Kristin Cabot at Coldplay concert

There’s been a dramatic development just days after intimate footage of a CEO and employee was caught on the jumbotron at a Coldplay concert.

Astronomer CEO Andy Byron has resigned following his cheating scandal with co-worker Kristin Cabot.

“As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met,” a rep for the tech company told Page Six on Saturday.

“Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted. The Board will begin a search for our next Chief Executive as Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy continues to serve as interim CEO.”

The statement continues, “Before this week, we were known as a pioneer in the DataOps space, helping data teams power everything from modern analytics to production AI.”

Astronomer concludes, “While awareness of our company may have changed overnight, our product and our work for our customers have not. We’re continuing to do what we do best: helping our customers with their toughest data & AI problems.”

According to the New York Post, Byron’s resignation punctuated his highly-public downfall from a job that paid him between $US469,000 and $US690,000 ($A717,000 to $A1 million) a year, plus performance-based bonuses.

He is believed to be worth $US50 million ($A76 million), and the most recent valuation for Astronomer placed the company’s worth at $US1.3 billion ($A2 billion).

The resignation comes less than 24 hours after Astronomer announced Byron and Cabot had been put on leave and that a formal investigation was pending.

Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot were caught canoodling on the kisscam at a Coldplay concert in Boston. Picture: TikTok

The company then launched an investigation. Picture: TikTok

“Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,” the company wrote via LinkedIn on Friday.

“The Board of Directors has initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly.”

It then declared, “Alyssa Stoddard was not at the event and no other employees were in the video. Andy Byron has not put out any statement, reports saying otherwise are all incorrect.”

Stoddard is an Astronomer employee who works under Kristin.

Many people online speculated that she was the brunette woman beside the HR exec in the now-viral kiss cam video who seemed embarrassed.

However, a rep for Astronomer reiterated exclusively to Page Six on Friday, “Alyssa was not there. This is a rumour started on Twitter.

“There may be some similarities in the countenance of the person, but it’s not [Stoddard]. So [the rumour] is totally false based on misinformation.”

Byron and Cabot were caught canoodling via a jumbotron camera at a Coldplay concert in the Boston-area on Wednesday night.

The couple sparked confusion when they reacted by trying to hide from the cameras when they saw themselves on the screen.

Both Byron and Cabot are reportedly married to other people.

Coldplay frontman, Chris Martin, joked at the time, “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”

Their wild reactions sparked tons of memes that even Astronomer’s interim CEO, Pete DeJoy, recently seemed to admit that he enjoyed laughing at.

a Astronomer announced on Friday that Pete DeJoy was named interim CEO after Andy Byron was put on leave. Picture: X

Mr DeJoy “liked” a LinkedIn post from Zachary Hensley — who was the vice president of technology and operations at Astronomer from 2019 to 2024 — in which he admitted, “Yes, I’ve laughed at the memes”, reports Page Six.

The former staffer shared, however, that he had mixed feelings about the entire ordeal, adding, “But I also know Astronomer is more than one moment or one person. It’s a team of smart, kind, driven people doing incredible work. And I’ll always be rooting for them.”

Mr Hensley noted in his post that despite seeing all of the memes and having shared “more than a few,” he “felt a strange mix of pride, nostalgia, and whiplash” before gushing about his time at the tech company.

He concluded his lengthy post by writing, “To the Astronomer crew — past and present — I love y’all. Keep going. Keep building. You’ve got this”.

Mr DeJoy’s reaction to the post appears to signify that much of what Mr Hensley said resonated with him.

The former colleagues seem to share a close bond. Mr Hensley wrote via LinkedIn on Friday in response to the news that Mr DeJoy had been named Astronomer’s interim CEO, “Pete DeJoy is amazing. I’m so excited for him. Love you Petey”.

According to his LinkedIn page, Mr DeJoy has worked at Astronomer for eight years, with his most recent role being chief product officer. He has also worked as a vice president of product and is a co-founder.

A spokesman for Astronomer confirmed to Page Six via email late on Friday night that: “Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy is currently serving as interim CEO given Andy Byron has been placed on leave. We will share more details as appropriate in the coming days.”

Zachary Hensley wrote the post that DeJoy ‘liked’. Picture: LinkedIn

In it, he admitted he’d ‘laughed at the memes’. Picture: LinkedIn

Meanwhile, it was later revealed Byron is married to a woman named Megan Kerrigan Byron, who has since removed his last name from her Facebook and deactivated her social media accounts.

Ms Cabot divorced her first husband, Kenneth Thornby, in 2022, according to Massachusetts court records obtained by The Post.

However, it appears she may now be married to Privateer Rum’s CEO Andrew Cabot, since they share the same last name and are co-owners of the same house in New Hampshire.

Neither Byron nor Cabot have commented on the affair allegations, but Astronomer released an official statement on Friday, revealing the company had launched a formal investigation into the matter.

“Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding. Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability,” the statement read.

“The Board of Directors has initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly.”

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission

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