Ali Reza Manouchehri, BA ‘99, co-founder and chief executive officer of MetroStar, a company he started as a Â鶹ÊÓƵ student, will be the featured speaker at Winter Commencement on December 18 at EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax Campus.
Manouchehri launched MetroStar, a digital transformation company serving government agencies and the private sector, in 1999 from his residence hall room. The company now has a team of more than 500 engineers, designers, and innovators who assist clients in staying abreast of the latest technologies to modernize operations.
The Iranian-born Manouchehri also is co-founder and chairperson, and former CEO, at software company Zoomph. Both MetroStar and Zoomph are based in Reston, Virginia.
In 2023, Manouchehri was named Executive of the Year in the $75 Million-$300 Million category at the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards. In 2022, he received WashingtonExec's 2022 Chief Executive Officer Award in the Private Company, Annual Revenue less than $150M category. In 2024 he was appointed director of MainStreet Bank. 
Named a Distinguished Alumnus in 2012, Manouchehri has been active in several capacities at George Â鶹ÊÓƵ, including as philanthropist, a judge at the Accelerator Investor Conference, and currently as an advisory board member for the .
Manouchehri spoke at the CHSS degree celebration in 2016.