Andy Byron, Astronomer and Alyssa Stoddard
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Internet sleuths identified the embarrassed woman caught on the Coldplay kiss cam next to Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot as Astronomer’s just-promoted VP of HR.
Cabot first brought her on board five months ago as head of people operations and strategy, and last week, she praised her in a glowing LinkedIn post announcing her promotion.
Astronomer has released a statement confirming that Alyssa Stoddard, a senior executive at the company, was not present at the Coldplay concert event that has gone viral online, a media report said. This clarification addresses widespread speculation that she appeared in a video alongside CEO Andy Byron and Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot.
A snippet of a Coldplay concert had gone viral after a tech company's CEO, Andy Byron, and his human resource chief Kristin Cabot were caught in a close embrace. Coldplay frontman Chris Martin was heard saying "either they're having an affair or they're just very shy."
Astronomer announced a formal investigation into CEO Andy Byron and human resource officer Kristin Cabot after the coworkers' purported affair was accidentally hard launched by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin at a concert.
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In a brief statement, the tech company also said another Astromer employee, Alyssa Stoddard, was not at the concert.
Alyssa Stoddard, Astronomer's Senior Director of People, was standing next to CEO Andy Boyd and HR exec Kristin Cabot during their viral kiss cam moment, raising questions about who in the company knew about the affair before it went public.
After Astronomer CEO Andy Byron was spotted with an office colleague in a viral video at a Coldplay concert in Boston, the company is now being called.