Orian Breaux

is a Product Management Leader specializing in Growth for eCommerce and marketplaces, a software builder, and a West Coast Swing organizer in New York City.

Career & Projects

  • 2026–now

    SmartSign

    Director of Product, eCommerce

    Lead product and drive incremental revenue through experimentation across 26 eCommerce brands that have delivered over 200 million items to more than 3 million customers, including 95% of the Fortune 500.

  • 2026–now

    New York Flow Festival

    Co-Founder & Event Director

    Launched New York City’s first WSDC West Coast Swing competition weekend with Bekah Breaux. Built the website and registration system.

  • 2022–now

    Athletic Art

    Founder

    Run a marketing, web development, and growth strategy agency for dance & wellness studios.

  • 2022–now

    Flow Fridays

    Organizer & Host

    Built NYC’s largest West Coast Swing social dance with Bekah Breaux, serving a total of more than 7,000 attendees.

  • 2021–now

    NYC Swings

    Co-Organizer

    Organize and grow swing dance events in NYC, bringing together swing dancers to celebrate joy, friendship, and expression, and introducing more than 3,000 New Yorkers to West Coast Swing.

  • 2017–now

    West Coast Swing Competitor

    Active

  • 2014–now

    Vestiges of New York

    Creator & Developer

    Wrote blog posts pairing photographs of New York City street corners with photos taken from the same spots decades earlier.

  • 2024–2025

    1stDibs

    Product Manager, Buyer Growth

    Worked on buyer growth, with a focus on SEO and search and discovery, at the Nasdaq-listed luxury marketplace with 7.8 million users and more than $360 million in annual GMV.

  • 2020–2023

    Plantdrop

    Co-Founder

    Built a peer-to-peer marketplace for rare plants through the houseplant boom.

  • 2016–2024

    LiveAuctioneers

    Director of Product Management, then Group Product Manager at Auction Technology Group

    Improved the entire buyer experience, from search and SEO to bidding, payments, and shipping, for $375 million in annual GMV and 56 million bidder sessions, managed 3 PMs, made 7 hires, and led consumer growth through a $525 million sale to Auction Technology Group.

  • 2015

    NYC Time Machine

    Creator & Developer

    Built an interactive explorer that aligned 27 historical maps, from 1660 to 1924, with today’s streets, so the same Manhattan corner stayed put as you moved through time, and later rolled it into Vestiges of New York.

    Press: 6sqft · Viewing NYC · Maps Mania
  • 2013–2016

    General Assembly

    Instructional Associate for Product Management Courses

    Coached about 100 students through the 10-week Product Management course.

  • 2012–2015

    inSparq

    Head of Product

    Led product for a recommendation engine used by 16 retailers, including Adidas, Newegg, and Bloomingdale’s, trained 5 junior PMs who went on to Google and BlackRock, and took 2nd place at the Sears Startup and Developer Hackathon, through a sale to Adiant, whose ad platform reached more than 550 million unique users a month.

    Press: TechCrunch · AlleyWatch · NJBIZ ·
    and 2 others Practical Ecommerce · PR Newswire

Education

  • 2008–2011

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    B.S., Aerospace Engineering

    Founded RPI’s chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, led RPI Ballroom Dance as president, and helped administer the Student Union’s $8.9 million budget while earning the degree.

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