Ben Janelle

Director of Technology

Technology Department


Ben Janelle joined APSRC as the Director of Technology in July 2021. He has 15+ years of Arkansas K-12 information technology management and support experience, the last 7 of which he was the Information Systems Director for the Russellville School District. “Other duties as assigned” included district cycle coordination, administering and training eFinance, eSchool, standards of accreditation, Triand, and various other data systems. Prior to that, he served as the Network Administrator and Technology Coordinator for Dover Schools.

Ben has IT support experience in military, corporate, education, non-profit, and residential spaces and has degrees from Arkansas Tech, DeVry, and the Community College of the Air Force. He is an Arkansas Society for Technology in Education (ARKSTE) past president (2020).