Astronomer CEO Andy Byron came under fire after he was caught intimate with Astronomer’s chief people office Kristin Cabot. They went to attend a Coldplay concert in Boston but they were featured on the big screen during a kiss-cam segment, which caught them unaware, leading to speculation about their affair.
Andy Byron has been the CEo and the director of Astronomer since July 2023, leading the company’s Astro data orchestration platform and steering its ambitious product roadmap and rapid growth.Previously, he held executive roles in enterprise SaaS companies, including scaling operations at Fuze/ThinkingPhones, where he grew revenue from ~$20 M to over $100 M.Andy lives in New York with his wife Megan Kerrigan Byron and their two children. Publicly, he maintains a low profile, focusing on company developments and major industry events via LinkedIn.
Not much is known about Megan as she maintains a private life. But her Facebook profile blew up after the video of her husband caught red-handed cheating went viral.As the video set social media on fire, some users claimed that Andy Byron’s wife removed her Byron last name from her Facebook profile in a reaction to the affair that got busted at the concert. The Chief People Officer at Astronomer Kristin Cabot garnered a lot of interest on social media after she was identified as the woman with Andy Byron in an awkward moment from which they both wanted to escape.Before Astronomer, she worked at companies like Neo4j and Proofpoint. Her marital status is not clear. Some X users said she is married to some Kenneth C Thornby but there is no confirmation.