Founder & Principal Engineer

Sean M. Rasch

Systems Architect & AI Engineer — Sandusky, Ohio

I build the full stack — and I mean all of it. Circuit boards, operating systems, server infrastructure, web applications, AI platforms. Over 15 years I've shipped FDA-regulated medical devices, assembled bare-metal GPU inference nodes, written 709 MCP tools, founded two businesses, and built everything in between.

My career started at National Biological Corporation, where I designed Class II phototherapy devices and authored FDA 510(k) submissions. That regulatory rigor — formal risk assessments, verification protocols, traceability — still shapes how I approach every project. When I built the USI-MCP platform, the security model got the same scrutiny as a medical device: tiered authorization, audit logging, hardcoded privilege boundaries.

Today I run Sunrise Consultants and Sound Grounds Coffee Shop, both out of Sandusky, Ohio. The consultancy specializes in AI integration and systems architecture. Sound Grounds is a tech-forward cafe where I designed the POS, the recording studio, the digital signage, and the streaming infrastructure — it's both a business and a proving ground for every venue technology service I offer.

What makes my work different is the range. Most engineers specialize. I cross disciplines because real problems do. A client who needs AI connected to their business systems also needs the server hardened, the network segmented, and the deployment automated. I handle all of that because I've been doing all of that — from hardware bring-up to production monitoring — for my entire career.

Capabilities

AI & Integration

  • MCP server development (709 tools, 45 modules)
  • LLM agent orchestration & prompt engineering
  • Local inference deployment (Ollama, CUDA)
  • Voice pipelines (STT, TTS, WebSocket)
  • Semantic search & vector embeddings
  • KV cache compression research (TurboQuant)

Software

  • Laravel, Django, FastAPI, React, Node.js
  • Modular SaaS architecture (Sunrise SBM)
  • E-commerce (6 platforms, automated pipelines)
  • CRM, POS, and business management systems
  • REST APIs, WebSocket, real-time systems
  • MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQLite

Infrastructure

  • Linux server administration (Debian/Ubuntu)
  • KVM/QEMU virtualization (12+ production VMs)
  • WHM/cPanel management & automation
  • Docker, systemd, nginx, automated deployment
  • Network architecture, VLANs, VPN, firewalling
  • Self-hosted GitLab, CI/CD pipelines

Hardware & Embedded

  • PCB design, schematic capture, MCU firmware
  • Custom Raspberry Pi OS development
  • Hardware security tokens (nRF52840, Zephyr RTOS)
  • FDA 510(k), ISO 13485 compliance
  • 3D printing, rapid prototyping
  • GPU compute builds & thermal management

Experience

Owner / Principal Engineer

Sunrise Consultants, LLC

February 2017 — Present

AI integration, fractional CTO services, custom software, infrastructure architecture. Built USI-MCP (709 tools), Sunrise SBM platform, and USIMCP deployment system.

Owner

Sound Grounds Coffee Shop

September 2024 — Present

Founded and operate a tech-forward cafe with custom POS, recording studio, digital signage, and streaming infrastructure.

Associate Staff Engineer

National Biological Corporation

May 2013 — April 2016

Designed and validated Class II phototherapy medical devices. Authored FDA 510(k) submissions and V&V protocols. Programmed embedded microcontrollers.

Education

Electronics Technology Certification

Remington College — Cleveland, Ohio — 2010

Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society — 4.0 GPA, Lifetime Member

Beyond the Terminal

When not building production systems, Sean restores vintage electronics (NES, Commodore 64, tube amplifiers), writes 6502 assembly for retro hardware, and programs live music events at Sound Grounds. The same attention to detail that goes into a PCB layout or a security audit goes into recapping a 40-year-old motherboard.

Let's work together.

Whether it's connecting your business to AI, hardening your servers, or building something from scratch — I'd like to hear about it.

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