{"id":50,"date":"2026-08-31T18:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmblau.com\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-08-31T18:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:42:30","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rmblau.com\/?page_id=50","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rigorous Platform Engineering, Built on Real-World Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am Matthew Blau, a Senior Platform Engineer and the principal consultant behind RMBlau Consulting LLC. With a deep background in systems engineering and infrastructure automation, I help clients bridge the gap between enterprise-grade reliability and practical, day-to-day utility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My professional work focuses on designing resilient, fault-tolerant environments\u2014ranging from high-availability Proxmox virtualization clusters and RKE2 Kubernetes architectures to secure OPNsense firewalls and automated macOS\/iOS fleet management via Mosyle MDM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond corporate and small-business environments, I bring that same engineering rigor to advanced residential spaces. Whether you need a local-first Home Assistant deployment with zero cloud dependency, custom Python applications, or a secure network layout for your home lab, my goal is simple: deliver high-performance technology that remains entirely under your control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact RMBlau Consulting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ready to scale your infrastructure, automate your environment, or solve a complex integration challenge? Get in touch to schedule a technical discovery session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rigorous Platform Engineering, Built on Real-World Experience I am Matthew Blau, a Senior Platform Engineer and the principal consultant behind RMBlau Consulting LLC. With a deep background in systems engineering and infrastructure automation, I help clients bridge the gap between enterprise-grade reliability and practical, day-to-day utility. My professional work focuses on designing resilient, fault-tolerant environments\u2014ranging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"iawp_total_views":17,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmblau.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmblau.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmblau.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmblau.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmblau.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rmblau.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/rmblau.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmblau.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}