# Orian Breaux

> 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. Orian founded Athletic Art and co-founded the New York Flow Festival.

## Career & Projects

- [SmartSign](https://www.smartsign.com), Director of Product, eCommerce (2026–present): 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.
- [New York Flow Festival](https://www.flowfest.nyc), Co-Founder & Event Director (2026–present): Launched New York City’s first WSDC West Coast Swing competition weekend with Bekah Breaux. Built the website and registration system.
- [Athletic Art](https://www.athleticart.com), Founder (2022–present): Run a marketing, web development, and growth strategy agency for dance & wellness studios.
- [Flow Fridays](https://www.danznik.com/e/flow-fridays/), Organizer & Host (2022–present): Built NYC’s largest West Coast Swing social dance with Bekah Breaux, serving a total of more than 7,000 attendees.
- [NYC Swings](https://www.nycswings.net), Co-Organizer (2021–present): 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.
- West Coast Swing Competitor, Active (2017–present)
- [OldNYC](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/oldnyc-historical-nyc-photos/id1097347396), iOS Designer & Developer (2016–present): Launched the OldNYC iPhone app, a map of 49,000+ New York Public Library photos, with more than 50,000 downloads. Press: New York Post, Bloomberg CityLab, New York Public Library, Brick Underground, Untapped New York, Bushwick Daily, Viewing NYC, TravelPulse, Tribeca Citizen, Travel Update, FamilyTree.com.
- [Vestiges of New York](https://orianbreaux.com/vestiges-of-new-york), Creator & Developer (2014–present): Wrote blog posts pairing photographs of New York City street corners with photos taken from the same spots decades earlier. Press: Untapped New York.
- [1stDibs](https://www.1stdibs.com), Product Manager, Buyer Growth (2024–2025): 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.
- Plantdrop, Co-Founder (2020–2023): Built a peer-to-peer marketplace for rare plants through the houseplant boom.
- [LiveAuctioneers](https://www.liveauctioneers.com), Director of Product Management, then Group Product Manager at Auction Technology Group (2016–2024): 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. Press: Antique Trader, Fine Books & Collections, Rare Book Monthly, Auction Technology Group.
- [NYC Time Machine](https://orianbreaux.com/nyc-time-machine), Creator & Developer (2015): 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.
- [General Assembly](https://generalassemb.ly), Instructional Associate for Product Management Courses (2013–2016): Coached about 100 students through the 10-week Product Management course.
- inSparq, Head of Product (2012–2015): 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, Practical Ecommerce, PR Newswire.
- The Swing Syndicate, Co-Founder & Dance Instructor (2011–2012): Opened a swing dance studio in downtown Troy, New York, while finishing an aerospace engineering degree. Press: All Over Albany, The Polytechnic, Rensselaer News, Chuck the Writer.
- [RPI-SEDS High-Altitude Balloon](https://orianbreaux.com/balloon), Founder & President, RPI-SEDS (2010–2012): Raised about $1,000 and flew 3 cameras to 89,777 feet to make a 360° video of the edge of space, for RPI’s chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space. Press: Rensselaer News, All Over Albany, The Polytechnic, CBS 6 Albany, Fox 23 Albany, The Record, YNN, HobbySpace, SpaceRef.

## Education

- [Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute](https://www.rpi.edu), B.S., Aerospace Engineering (2008–2011): 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.

## Posts

- [Reaching Space](https://orianbreaux.com/reaching-space) (January 30, 2012)
- [An Unprecedented View of Earth & Space: 360-Degree Video](https://orianbreaux.com/unprecedented-view-of-earth-space) (February 20, 2012)

## Profiles

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/orianbreaux)

## Contact

- [Contact form](https://orianbreaux.com/contact)