Andy Byron

Andy Byron is the former CEO of Astronomer, a New York-based data operations platform company built on Apache Airflow. He served as CEO from July 2023 until his resignation in 2025 following a viral incident at a Coldplay concert in which he was shown on the venue's kiss cam embracing the company's Chief People Officer, Kristin Cabot. He is a Providence College graduate whose prior career included leadership roles at companies including Lacework, Cybereason, BMC Software, and Fuze.