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]