Ken Coar
Born	1960 (age 63–64)
Alma mater	University of Massachusetts Amherst
Years active	1997–present
Board member of	Apache Software Foundation Director, 1998–2007 Open Source Initiative Director, 2004–2010
Parent	Richard Coar (father)

Ken Coar (born 1960) is an American software developer known for his participation in the creation of The Apache Software Foundation.

Open source

Coar has been active in open software projects, and lectures internationally about open development methodologies and distributed collaboration.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}