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Leader of the marketing campaign that launched the Palm family of PDAs and smartphones, Colligan later served as president and CEO of both Handspring and Palm, Inc.
He also worked at the private equity firm Elevation Partners, a major financial backer of Palm. Prior to the Palm/Handspring merger in 2003, he had served as president and CEO of Handspring.
Earlier in his career, he served as vice president of strategic and product marketing for Radius Corporation. He graduated in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Oregon.