Edward "Ed" Colligan (born March 4, 1961) is a former

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and

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Palm, Inc. Palm, Inc. was an American company that specialized in manufacturing personal digital assistants (PDAs) and various other electronics. They were the designer of the PalmPilot, the first PDA successfully marketed worldwide, as well as the Treo 60 ...

which was acquired by

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in 2010. Colligan now is a small business investor, serves on a number of boards, and advises start-up companies. Colligan was president and COO of

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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

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s. Earlier in his career, he served as vice president of strategic and product marketing for Radius Corporation. He graduated in 1983 with a

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from the

University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc, and its co-founder, billion ...

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

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1961 births American computer businesspeople Living people Palm, Inc. University of Oregon alumni Private equity and venture capital investors Place of birth missing (living people) Businesspeople from the San Francisco Bay Area 20th-century American businesspeople {{US-private-equity-bio-stub