Edward "Ed" Colligan (born March 4, 1961) is a former president and CEO of Palm, Inc. which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2010.[1] Colligan now is a small business investor, serves on a number of boards, and advises start-up companies.[2]

Colligan was president and COO of Handspring prior to the Palm/Handspring merger in 2003. Before Handspring, he led the marketing campaign at Palm, Inc. that launched the Palm family of PDAs and smartphones.[3] Earlier in his career, he served as vice president of strategic and product marketing for Radius Corporation.[4] He graduated in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Oregon.[5]

In March 2022, Colligan joined the renewable energy asset management company Low Carbon as Head of Americas. [6]

Colligan and his wife/partner Bobbi Burns are co-founders of Central Coast Angels (CCA), an angel group providing early-stage financing to innovative companies located in the California Central Coast region.[7][8][9][10] Colligan's eldest brother John "Bud" Colligan was a co-founder, CEO, and chairman of Macromedia.[11][12][13][14]

References

  1. ↑ Vance, Ashlee; Wortham, Jenna (2010-04-28). "H.P. to Pay $1.2 Billion for Palm". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  2. ↑ LA Times: June 11, 2009
  3. ↑ Bloomberg Business: Ed Colligan
  4. ↑ "ITLG: Ed Colligan". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  5. ↑ "Grab Gag, University of Oregon". Retrieved 2020-12-21. [4]]
  6. ↑ "Low Carbon announces the appointment of ed Colligan as Head of Americas and member of the Board of Directors - 1". 21 March 2022.
  7. ↑ https://www.centralcoastangels.com
  8. ↑ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151216005368/en/Central-Coast-Angels-Makes-Substantial-Seed-Investment-into-Santa-Cruz-Start-up-Inboard-Technology
  9. ↑ https://www.santacruztechbeat.com/2016/02/25/inboard-loves-santa-cruz/
  10. ↑ https://issuu.com/santacruzmah/docs/mah_2020_annual_report_r6issu/s/10918469
  11. ↑ https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/santacruzsentinel/name/john-colligan-obituary?id=26366630
  12. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82634514/john-borradaile-colligan
  13. ↑ https://www.lcsun-news.com/obituaries/tnm019961
  14. ↑ https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/santacruzsentinel/name/dolores-colligan-obituary?id=8839787


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