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Ed Colligan
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. The company was founded by Roy Bedlow, a former colleague of Colligan from their time at Palm. [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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ LA Times: June 11, 2009
- ^ Bloomberg Business: Ed Colligan
- ^ "ITLG: Ed Colligan". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ^ "Grab Gag, University of Oregon". Retrieved 2020-12-21. [4]]
- ^ Carbon, Low (21 March 2022). "Low Carbon announces the appointment of ed Colligan as Head of Americas and member of the Board of Directors - 1". Low Carbon.
- ^ https://www.centralcoastangels.com [bare URL]
- ^ "Central Coast Angels Makes Substantial Seed Investment into Santa Cruz Start-up, Inboard Technology".
- ^ "The sweet story of Inboard's love affair with Santa Cruz". 26 February 2016.
- ^ "Contributors".
- ^ "John Colligan Obituary (2005) - Santa Cruz, CA - Santa Cruz Sentinel". Legacy.com.
- ^ "Obituaries in las Cruces, NM | las Cruces Sun-News". 18 October 2019.
- ^ "Dolores Colligan Obituary (1926 - 2019) - Montara, CA - Santa Cruz Sentinel". Legacy.com.
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