Kristin Cabot Biography – Kristin Cabot Wiki

Kristin Cabot (Thornby) is the Chief People Officer at Astronomer, the company behind Astro, the leading data orchestration and observability platform powered by Apache Airflow®. She joined Astronomer in November 2024.

She previously served as Chief People Officer at Neo4j from January 2021 to October 2024 and saw the company grow from 225 to 900 employees. Prior to Neo4j, Cabot led ObserveIT through 50 percent year-over-year growth, multiplying the global employee base by 4x, while receiving multiple “Best Places to Work” awards and managing an acquisition by Proofpoint.

According to her LinkedIn profile, she had stints at Publicis Groupe, Razorfish Global, Razorfish & DigitasLBi, DigitasLBi, Euro RSCG Circle, Mullen, and The Screen House. Cabot graduated from Gettysburg College with a B.A. in Political Science.

Kristin Cabot Age

Astronomer Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot was born in 1978.

Kristin Cabot Husband

Astronomer HR chief Kristin Cabot is married to Kenneth C. Thornby.

Affair

Astronomer CEO Andy Byron was seen wrapped in a cozy embrace with his HR chief Kristin Cabot on the giant screens at Gillette Stadium during Coldplay’s show. Frontman Chris Martin spotted the pair while scanning the crowd with the “kiss cam.” As the camera landed on Byron and Cabot, neither of whom is married to the other, the pair scrambled to hide their faces, with Byron ducking behind barriers and Cabot burying hers in her hands.

Martin quipped, “Oh look at these two… either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy,” drawing roaring laughter. The video went viral, as fans speculated about the nature of their relationship. Astronomer CEO Andy Byron is married to Megan Kerrigan Byron, who has since dropped his last name from her social media profile.