Andy Byron, an extraordinary social media fanatic business executive, resigned as CEO of data operations entrepreneurial astronomer.
Married Byron was admitted to the Coldplay concert “Kiss Cam” on the arm around the company’s chief character, Kristin Cabot. After Byron and Cabot quickly tried to hide in the camera, ice-talking singer Chris Martin joked: “They had an affair, or they were just shy.”
Videos of embarrassing events soon became popular – Axios, citing mud rack data, report On Friday, 22,000 news stories about the startup, including 9,000 about Byron himself, had been published in the first 24 hours. (In many jokes and memes 404 Media believes The incident is “a symbol of our social media surveillance dystopia.”)
Astronomer, the astronomer announced in May Raised $93 million Series Dsaid Friday Byron is on vacationCo-founder and Chief Product Officer Pete Dejoy becomes interim CEO. Cabot has Reported leave The same is true.
Now, the company has released Longer statement Announced Byron has resigned.
“Our leaders are expected to set standards in behavior and accountability, which, recently, has not been met,” astronomers said.
“Before this week, we were called a pioneer in the DataOps space, helping data teams power everything from modern analytics to producing AI,” the company added. “While awareness of our company may change overnight, our products and customers’ work is not.”
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Dejoy will continue to serve as interim CEO when the board seeks permanent replacement.
