# Graham Krizek

> Graham Krizek is the Wichita-based founder and CEO of Voltage, a Bitcoin and Lightning payments infrastructure company launched in 2020. His background includes software engineering at Salesforce, quantitative engineering at Ikigai Asset Management, and site reliability work at NodeSource. He has guided Voltage from hosted Lightning nodes toward enterprise payments, with applications spanning gaming, podcasting, exchanges, and global payroll.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Voltage
- **Organizations:** Voltage, Salesforce, Ikigai Asset Management, NodeSource, Email on Acid, Fruition
- **Education:** Kansas State University
- **Known for:** Founded Voltage and brought its hosted Lightning infrastructure platform to market in 2020., Led Voltage through its January 2022 $6 million seed financing., Established an every-other-Friday open-source contribution program at Voltage in 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2011-2015** — Attended Kansas State University; subsequently described as a graduate in Startland News.
- **Before 2020** — Held engineering and infrastructure roles at Fruition, Email on Acid, NodeSource, Ikigai Asset Management, and Salesforce; individual employment dates are not established here.
- **2020-06** — Published the initial Voltage announcement on June 22.
- **2020-10** — Voltage opened its platform to users in October.
- **2021-02** — Began working full time on Voltage, as recalled in his January 2023 TFTC interview.
- **2022-01** — Voltage announced a $6 million seed round led by Trammell Venture Partners.
- **2022-03** — Published the FOSS Fridays program, giving the team every other Friday for open-source work of their choice.
- **2023-05** — Coauthored a Google Cloud post about Voltage expanding hosting locations globally.
- **2026-07** — Voltage announced the retirement of self-serve infrastructure to concentrate on enterprise customers.
- **2026-10** — Voltage announced infrastructure support for WhiteBIT’s Lightning functionality.

## Achievements

- Founded Voltage and brought its hosted Lightning infrastructure platform to market in 2020.
- Led Voltage through its January 2022 $6 million seed financing.
- Established an every-other-Friday open-source contribution program at Voltage in 2022.
- Expanded Voltage’s hosting footprint through Google Cloud collaboration in 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — On October 8, Voltage announced that it powers WhiteBIT Lightning payment functionality; Krizek emphasized integration into customer experiences.
- **2026-07** — On July 30, Voltage described Vida using Voltage Credit for Bitcoin payroll with dollar settlement.
- **2026-07** — On July 2, Voltage announced an enterprise focus, with new self-serve infrastructure disabled from July 13 and full deprecation scheduled for August 31.
- **2026-05** — In a May 5 interview, Krizek discussed enterprise adoption and future machine-to-machine payments.
- **2026-02** — Voltage reported supporting a January 28 $1 million Lightning payment from Secure Digital Markets to Kraken; the announcement headline reported 0.47-second settlement.

## Links

- Website: https://krizek.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamkrizek
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/gkrizek
- GitHub: https://github.com/gkrizek

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Last updated: 2026-10-21