Who is Zachary Hensley? Astronomer ex-staffer admits he’s laughed at Andrew Byron memes as he praises the company

Zachary Hensley, a former Astronomer employee, recently opened up about the Coldplay concert controversy involving Andrew “Andy” Byron.

The ex-colleague of the tech CEO admitted he laughed at memes around the scandal, while reflecting on his experience working at the New York-based firm. When addressing the recent incident, Hensley also shared kind words for Astronomer Inc. For those unaware, he worked at the company between 2019 and 2024.

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Currently, Zachary Hensley is serving as president at Livegistics, a software company that offers a cloud-based logistical tracking system for firms in the construction industry. According to his LinkedIn profile, the ex-Astronomer employee briefly served as the chief operations officer before moving to the role of president.

Prior to Astronomer, Zachary Hensley worked at Kroger and Procter & Gamble (P&G). He is an alumnus of the University of Alabama, where he earned his MBA and JD (at the institution’s law school).

Zachary Hensley reflects on the Andy Byron controversy and shares his experience of working at Astronomer

During the past few days, many on the internet have given their opinions on the recent affair scandal uncovered at a Coldplay concert. Zachary Hensley, who worked at Astronomer for almost five years, penned a LinkedIn post talking about the incident that has been the subject of many memes on social media. The Livegistics Inc. president began by sharing how the controversy has been “weird” for him,

“The last couple days have been . . . weird, as a former Astronomer employee. I’ve seen the memes (and shared more than a few), reconnected with folks I haven’t talked to in a couple of years, and felt a strange mix of pride, nostalgia, and whiplash.”

Hensley refrained from writing his opinions about Andy Byron or Kristin Cabot but talked about Astronomer Inc. Hensley revealed that he joined the tech firm in 2019 as its “employee 19” and served in several positions including “sales ops, customer success, support, IT, HR ops, FP&A, security, compliance, platform engineering and operations, and more.” He added,

“We built something pretty rad during those years. Yes, we built a product (or, products, I suppose. I lost count at which version of cloud we were on when I left), but we also built a team that cared deeply for one another.”

Zachary Hensley continued,

“We raised our Series A on Zoom in the first days of COVID, when no one knew if that was even possible. We raised our B. Then our C. We navigated the SVB collapse and multiple RIFs. And through all of that, the people held strong and genuinely loved and gave a shit about each other.”

Hensley described startups as “weird” and “intense,” while stating that he and his ex-colleagues leaned on one another for support. He claimed,

“That spirit didn’t disappear when I left. I still know many of the folks there, and I know they care. They care about the product. About the customers. But, most importantly, they care about each other.”

Hensley admitted that he laughed at many memes around the Coldplay concert but praised Astronomer,

“So, yes, I've laughed at the memes. But I also know Astronomer is more than one moment or one person. It’s a team of smart, kind, driven people doing incredible work. And I’ll always be rooting for them. To the Astronomer crew—past and present—I love y’all. Keep going. Keep building. You’ve got this.”

Pete DeJoy, who replaced Andy Byron after his resignation, also liked Zachary Hensley’s heartfelt post. In another post, Hensley described Astronomer’s CPO and interim CEO as “amazing” and asserted that he’s “excited for him.”