Zach Puls
Network And Product Architect at KFN
Andover, Kansas, United States
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Top SchoolZach Puls is a Network and Product Architect with over a decade of experience designing and operating multi-state service provider networks, currently leading architecture and productization efforts at KFN. He combines deep hands-on expertise in DWDM and IP/MPLS overlays with a strong automation and software background—having developed tools for automated circuit provisioning, configuration backup/rollback, and lab staging that supported a 99.995% availability target. Zach has progressed from field engineering to leading and mentoring teams, bridging sales, executive, and engineering silos to standardize offerings, pricing, and implementation standards. He’s equally fluent in networking protocols (BGP, MPLS, EoMPLS) and platform automation, and has replicated lab environments per-POP to ensure safe rollouts. Based in Andover, Kansas, he brings a practical, product-minded approach to carrier-grade reliability and measurable operational improvements. An often-overlooked strength is his early software development and cloud experience, which informs his ability to turn manual operational tasks into repeatable, codified processes.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
General Studies, General Studies at Andover High SchoolN/A Software Development, N/A Software Development at Butler Community College
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (61)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ZacharyPuls/SimpleOS
May 2016 - Jun 2023
Contributions:33 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 1 month
ZacharyPuls/sprintathon
Sep 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:5 releases, 29 commits, 18 PRs in 14 days
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