Zeki Mokhtarzada is a trailblazing technology innovator. His career highlights include contributing to the creation of the world's first web-based operating system during the dot-com era in 1999. He co-founded Free Webs (later known as Webs), where he served as an engineer, architect, and CTO, overseeing its technological evolution to serve tens of millions of monthly visitors. Vistaprint acquired Webs in 2011. Zeki's entrepreneurial spirit also led him to co-found Truebill, a subscription management tool, in 2016. From 2019 to 2023, he served as CTO at Tenovos Corporation in the Digital Asset Management space. In addition to his various ventures, Zeki actively advises and invests in early-stage technology companies. He proudly holds an alumni status from the University of Maryland. Zeki, with his brothers, established the Mokhtarzada Hatchery Program at the Department of Computer Science. Established in 2021, the Mokhtarzada Hatchery supports University of Maryland students in conceptualizing and launching startups.
Alumni Hall Of Fame
Zeki Mokhtarzada
Inductees
Narendra Ahuja
PhD 1979
Michael Antonov
Bachelor's 2003
J. Gary Augustson
Master's 1969
David Baggett
Bachelor's 1992
Suman Banerjee
PhD 2003
Sergey Brin
Bachelor's 1993
Paul Capriolo
Bachelor's 2006
Anthony Casalena
Bachelor's 2005
Charles Dyer
PhD 1979
Martín Farach-Colton
PhD 1991
Gary Flake
PhD 1993
Greg Frederickson
PhD 1977
Terry Gaasterland
PhD 1992
Rajiv Gandhi
PhD 2003
Howard Gobioff
Bachelor's 1993
Ponani Gopalakrishnan
PhD 1986
Naresh Gupta
PhD 1993
Patrick Jenkins
Bachelor's 2006
Subbarao Kambhampati
PhD 1989
Vipin Kumar
PhD 1982
Ronald Larsen
PhD 1981
Haroon Mokhtarzada
Bachelor's 2001
Idris Mokhtarzada
Bachelor's 2010
Zeki Mokhtarzada
Bachelor's 2001
Shmuel Peleg
PhD 1979
Andrew Reisse
Bachelor's 2001
Glenn Ricart
PhD 1980
Debanjan Saha
PhD 1995
S. Cenk Sahinalp
PhD 1997
Pooja Sankar
Master's 2004
Jagdeep Singh
Bachelor's 1987
Aya Soffer
PhD 1995
Lee Spector
PhD 1992
Granger Sutton
PhD 1992
Gordon Vanderbrug
PhD 1977
Qiang Yang
PhD 1989
