About - Products That Count - Products That Count

Our Mission

We believe everyone can build great products that transform lives and create value at scale. We bring the world's leading product experts and product lovers together to celebrate innovation from the world’s best product talent and product-forward brands.

Our Story

Products That Count began with the vision of an innovator who built products that were used by billions of people during her time at Facebook and Nokia.

One day, she was asked a challenging question; “what makes a great product?” SC Moatti, Products That Count founder, set out to find the answer.

Our Founder

Founder | SC Moatti

SC Moatti is a technology visionary, entrepreneur and investor. She is the founding partner of Mighty Capital, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm - and Products That Count, a global community of product managers, leaders & founders. Previously, she built products that billions of people use at Facebook, Nokia and Electronic Arts. Andrew Chen, General Partner at Andreessen-Horowitz, called SC “a genius at making mobile products people love."

Meet The Crew

Editorial Contributors

Britt Myers

Favorite Product: I am an iPad Pro junkie and super bullish it’s future in productivity and creative fields. My favorite product that is no more is the Roland Space Echo, because it makes a guitar sound magical.
In real life: An experienced and creative entrepreneur and product leader, Britt Myers has developed an impressive resume of business successes in media and technology production. In 2014, Myers partnered with Stephanie Dua as co-founder and Chief Product Officer of ed-tech startup Homer. Homer is the #1 Learn-To-Read program powered by your child’s interests; an educational app for iOS and web that teaches a child to read and develops crucial early childhood cognitive skills.

David Grayson

Favorite Product: Waze — It has saved me countless hours on the road, granting me time for other activities I love.
In real life: David Grayson is VP of Product at LiveCareer - leading the company's international product team to develop new solutions for career development (resumes, cover letters, interview best practices & more). Prior to joining LiveCareer, David worked for more than 10 years at Military.com before its acquisition by Monster - helping veterans secure career opportunities after serving in the military. David holds a Masters degree from The University of Chicago and currently lives in Alameda.

Gaurav Hardikar

Director of Product Management

Favorite Product: I value simplicity in the user experience and lasting usage - so it's currently Apple Airpods OR the Sonos Beam.
In real life: Gaurav Hardikar is the Director of Product at Brilliant, a Series A startup revolutionizing the Smart Home Industry through the Brilliant Control, the World's Smartest Light Switch. With an extensive background in Accenture Strategy, Trulia, Zillow Group, and Shopkick, Gaurav has 5+ years of experience delivering bottom-line growth, leading teams, and building consumer products that delight millions of users.

Head of Chapters

Mark C. Pydynowski

Senior Director, Product Management

Favorite Product: CaltrainMe on iOS.It solves a very clear and important problem - helps users get where they need to go on Caltrain.It could be improved further by automatically changing the From station depending on the time of day for a user's commute or sending alerts such as "you need to leave work in 5 min to catch you favorite train home."
In real life: Mark Pydynowski is the Senior Director of Product at Experian - helping 300+ businesses protect 60M+ consumers by building enterprise-level products in a white-label format. Prior to Experian, Mark led new product management and business development for Capital One's Digital Commerce B2B team. Prior to Capital One, Mark was the CMO at HonestPolicy.com - a value-based comparison shopping engine for consumer insurance. Before HonestPolicy.com, he was the co-founder and CEO of SOMARK Innovations, Inc., a venture-backed life science company (acquired by Two Oceans Pty Ltd). Mark earned his BSBA from Washington University in St. Louis and currently lives in Austin.

Tim Holley

In real life: I lead the product management and product design teams at SoulCycle where we're building digital products that help to create a personalized experience between riders and their instructors and studios teams. Before that I was at Etsy focusing on Retention, Internationalization, and new business verticals.

Thomas Daly

Favorite Product: Professional: ProductBoard, because it truly maps to the needs of a modern product manager (and after trying them all, it's the only one that I've fallen in love with!)Personal: DuoLingo, because it's a super fun way to learn a language and you can compete against your friends. (I use it to learn modern Hebrew)