Lance Albertson
Director
Lance became OSL director in early 2013. He has managed all of the hosting activities that the OSL provides for more than 160 high-profile open source projects since joining the lab as lead systems administrator and architect in 2007. Lance’s involvement in the open source community began in 2003, when he became a developer and package maintainer with Gentoo Linux. Prior to joining the OSL, Lance was a UNIX Administrator for the Enterprise Server Technologies group at Kansas State University. In his free time he helps organize Beaver BarCamp, and enjoys playing the trumpet and spending time with his family.
Lance can be reached at lance-at-osuosl-dot-org
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Oria Weng
Student Systems Engineer
Oria has been excited about open-source software from far too young an age, so no one should have told her there was an Open Source Lab right at OSU! In all seriousness, she started at the OSL in November 2022 as a way to further explore computer science and get involved in the open-source community. When not learning new ways to play on computers, she dabbles in digital drawing, board games, and animation.
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Johnathon Rohweder
Student Systems Engineer
Johnathon joined the OSL in October 2024. He’s been programming and exploring the field of Computer Science since middle school, and enjoys learning about Cybersecurity, Web Development, and Linux. When he’s not learning about Computer Science he enjoys hiking and astrophotography.
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Hollister Mala
Student Systems Engineer
Hollister joined the OSL in July, 2025 after graduating from High School. He will be studying Computer Science at OSU starting in the Fall. Hollister first started using open-soruce software to setup game servers and to make old laptops functional again. By 2020, he was using open-source software for almost all of his computers and servers. Hollister also enjoys Robotics, Cybersecurity and 3D Printing.
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Tiffany Chang
Student Systems Engineer
Tiffany joined the OSL in July, 2025 as a sophmore to build up her programming skills and explore the open source community. Within computer science, she’s excited about web development and computer graphics. In her free time, Tiffany enjoys making digital art and listening to new music.
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Ally Aoki
Student Systems Engineer
Ally joined the OSL in July, 2025 as a junior to hone their skills while learning more about different aspects of computer science. With their focus in computer systems, Ally enjoys embedded systems and working with hardware such as microcontrollers. Outside of school, Ally enjoys editing videos, video games, and cooking.
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Ankit Malhotra
Student Systems Engineer
Ankit joined the OSL as a sophomore in July 2025 to learn and explore the fascinating infrastructure behind the open source community. Outside of school, he stays busy learning about AI, reading, playing video games, and staying active with tennis and the gym.
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