Ed Colligan

{{Short description|American businessman}}

Edward "Ed" Colligan (born March 4, 1961) is a former president and CEO of Palm, Inc. which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2010.{{Cite news|last1=Vance|first1=Ashlee|author-link=Ashlee Vance|last2=Wortham|first2=Jenna|date=2010-04-28|title=H.P. to Pay $1.2 Billion for Palm|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/technology/29palm.html|access-date=2022-01-13|issn=0362-4331}} Colligan now is a small business investor, serves on a number of boards, and advises start-up companies.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-11-fi-palm11-story.html LA Times: June 11, 2009]

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.[https://www.bloomberg.com/Research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=130369251&privcapId=137352432 Bloomberg Business: Ed Colligan] Earlier in his career, he served as vice president of strategic and product marketing for Radius Corporation.{{Cite web |url=https://www.itlg.org/advisory/ed-colligan.php |title=ITLG: Ed Colligan |access-date=2016-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222608/https://www.itlg.org/advisory/ed-colligan.php |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}

He graduated in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Oregon.{{Cite web |url=https://cascade.uoregon.edu/spring2014/features/grab-bag/ |title= Grab Gag, University of Oregon |access-date=2020-12-21 }} [4]]

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 Palm. {{cite news | url=https://www.lowcarbon.com/news-feed/low-carbon-announces-the-appointment-of-ed-colligan-as-head-of-americas-and-member-of-the-board-of-directors/ | title=Low Carbon announces the appointment of ed Colligan as Head of Americas and member of the Board of Directors - 1 | newspaper=Low Carbon | date=21 March 2022 | last1=Carbon | first1=Low }}

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.https://www.centralcoastangels.com {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}{{cite news | url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151216005368/en/Central-Coast-Angels-Makes-Substantial-Seed-Investment-into-Santa-Cruz-Start-up-Inboard-Technology | title=Central Coast Angels Makes Substantial Seed Investment into Santa Cruz Start-up, Inboard Technology }}{{cite web | url=https://www.santacruztechbeat.com/2016/02/25/inboard-loves-santa-cruz/ | title=The sweet story of Inboard's love affair with Santa Cruz | date=26 February 2016 }}{{cite web | url=https://issuu.com/santacruzmah/docs/mah_2020_annual_report_r6issu/s/10918469 | title=Contributors }} Colligan's eldest brother John "Bud" Colligan was a co-founder, CEO, and chairman of Macromedia.{{cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/santacruzsentinel/name/john-colligan-obituary?id=26366630 | title=John Colligan Obituary (2005) - Santa Cruz, CA - Santa Cruz Sentinel | website=Legacy.com }}{{cite web | url=https://www.lcsun-news.com/obituaries/tnm019961 | title=Obituaries in las Cruces, NM | las Cruces Sun-News | date=18 October 2019 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/santacruzsentinel/name/dolores-colligan-obituary?id=8839787 | title=Dolores Colligan Obituary (1926 - 2019) - Montara, CA - Santa Cruz Sentinel | website=Legacy.com }}