About CommaScale
Close to the problem.
Committed to the work.
CommaScale is an independent software company that turns complicated, everyday workflows into products people can actually use.
We met while working together at Tome Software in Royal Oak, Michigan. When we left, we stayed in touch—and became business partners even as our lives took us to Pittsburgh and Detroit. We both love sports, technology, and fixing the systems people depend on. That shared instinct is where CommaScale started.
01 / The founders
Different paths.
One shared instinct.
Useful software begins with respect for the person doing the work—and enough curiosity to understand the messy parts.
Co-founder · Product, growth & engineering
John Murch
John is a developer, marketer, and entrepreneur who has spent his career turning ideas into products people can use. His background crosses product engineering, technical leadership, SEO, and online marketing—from building large operational systems to leading teams responsible for connected products and customer experiences.
At CommaScale, John keeps the product, the technology, and the path to market in the same conversation. He is most interested in the point where a real customer problem becomes something clear enough to build and useful enough to grow.
Co-founder · Engineering & operations
Mehmed Muharemovic
Mehmed is a software engineer and grassroots soccer organizer. He founded and serves as president of LK St. Clair Soccer, a nonprofit created to expand accessible soccer programming in Michigan's Greater Mt. Clemens area.
At LK St. Clair, Mehmed built soccer operations from the ground up—running a club, organizing league play, managing registration, and handling the many handoffs required to keep a season moving. As the founder and president of an MPSL member club, he also became part of the league's leadership and now serves on the MPSL board as Web Director.
Working with the available soccer software showed him that the gaps existed even at the grassroots level. The people doing the work were still left to connect registrations, schedules, rosters, payments, and communication themselves. He knew it could be better.
02 / Why RootSoccer exists
Built from the
grassroots up.
RootSoccer did not begin as an abstract software brief. It began inside the work itself.
Mehmed understood the gaps because he had built LK St. Clair's operations from the ground up. Even at the grassroots level, the existing tools handled pieces of the job without understanding the whole. John and Mehmed saw the same opportunity: build around the relationships between people, teams, seasons, schedules, and payments instead of leaving organizers to connect everything by hand.
Built from grassroots experience, for the people who keep grassroots soccer going.
They set out to fix the problems they had seen firsthand. That is the pattern behind CommaScale: start at the root of a real problem, learn from the people closest to it, and build outward from there.
See the thinking behind RootSoccer ↗
03 / What CommaScale does
From the real workflow
to working software.
We connect the problem, the experience, the engineering, and the path to adoption instead of treating them as separate assignments.
?Find the problem worth solving.
Learn who does the work, where it breaks down, and what people are doing manually to hold it together.
Research · Product strategy
↔Design the connected experience.
Turn complicated decisions and fragmented workflows into clear screens, sensible steps, and systems that fit together.
Experience · Interface design
⌘Build, launch, and improve it.
Engineer the product, integrate the necessary systems, put it in people's hands, and keep learning from actual use.
Software · Integrations · Growth
04 / Who we build for
People carrying
too much complexity.
- Sports organizersLeagues and clubs managing registration, teams, schedules, payments, and communication.
- Owner-operated businessesTeams that need a stronger website and a calmer way to manage inquiries, estimates, jobs, and follow-up.
- Organizations with fragmented workflowsPeople relying on spreadsheets, inboxes, disconnected software, and knowledge that lives in one person's head.
05 / How CommaScale works
Start with the work.
Stay close to the people.
You do not need a perfect brief. You need a real problem and the willingness to show us how it works today.
- 01
Understand
We begin with the people, constraints, workarounds, and desired outcome—not a predetermined technology.
- 02
Shape
We define the smallest useful version, the systems it must connect, and a practical path from idea to use.
- 03
Build & learn
We build hands-on, communicate directly, test the real workflow, and improve the product with evidence.
06 / Key facts
CommaScale,
at a glance.
- Company name
- CommaScale LLC
- Type
- Independent software company
- Founders
- John Murch and Mehmed Muharemovic
- Where we work
- Pittsburgh and Detroit, after first working together in Royal Oak, Michigan
- Core work
- Product strategy, experience design, software engineering, integrations, and growth
- Who we serve
- Sports organizations, owner-operated businesses, and teams with complex operational workflows
- Working style
- Founder-led, hands-on, and close to the people doing the work
07 / Frequently asked questions
A few useful
answers.
The first conversation is for understanding the problem—not forcing it into a standard package.
What is CommaScale?
CommaScale is an independent software company founded by John Murch and Mehmed Muharemovic. We build and operate our own products and selectively work on outside problems where product thinking and hands-on engineering belong together.
Is RootSoccer a CommaScale product?
Yes. RootSoccer is CommaScale's connected league-management platform, shaped by firsthand experience inside grassroots soccer operations.
Does CommaScale only work in sports?
No. Sports is where one of our deepest operating experiences began, but the broader pattern is familiar across industries: important work held together by fragmented tools and manual follow-up.
What kinds of projects are a good fit?
Projects are a strong fit when the workflow is complicated, the people doing it are accessible, and better software could remove repeated friction. That may mean a new product, an integration, or improving a system that has outgrown its current shape.
How does a project begin?
Start by telling us what you are trying to do, who it is for, and what is getting in the way. We will use the first conversation to understand the problem before proposing scope, timing, or a working model.