Astronomer CEO Resigns After Viral Incident At Coldplay Concert
Andy Byron, The CEO at Astronomer, has resigned after being placed on leave for a viral video of him on 17 July at a Coldplay concert in Boston, which shows him hugging Kristin Cabet, the Chief Human Resources Officer at Astronomer.
Astronomer is a platform co-founded in 2018 by Greg Neiheisel, Pete De Joy, Ry Walker and Tim Brunk to enable data teams to seamlessly build, run and observe all their data products within a unified DataOps platform.
In a LinkedIn post, Astronomer says that their leaders are expected the highest standard in both conduct and accountability. As such, the Board of Directors initiated a formal investigation.
While Andy Byron was placed on leave, Pete De Joy who is the the co-founder and Chief Product Officer is serving as interim CEO
Andy Byron tendered his resignation which was accepted by the board as standard of expectations required of him was not met
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