Philip Colligan
CEO, Raspberry Pi Foundation
His Raspberry Pi Foundation launched an AI course for kids two months before ChatGPT; it has since reached about 5 million children.
- Born
- Not published
- Now
- Chief Executive Officer, Raspberry Pi Foundation
- Studied
- University of Liverpool
Interesting facts
- Before AI
Trained in law and spent over a decade in UK public service at the Home Office and Camden council before leading a computing charity.
linkedin.com - Numbers
His Experience AI lessons have been localized in 40 countries and used by some 50,000 teachers to reach about 5 million kids.
time.com - First
Experience AI, built with Google DeepMind, launched two months before ChatGPT came out.
time.com - Numbers
The 2024 London IPO of Raspberry Pi, which he helped lead as a director, gave his charity a stake worth about $1 billion.
time.com - Side project
Once ran a Code Club for 20 Year 7 students at Number Ten Downing Street.
raspberrypi.org - In their words
Argues that the kids who learn to code "will be the ones who shape the future."
computerweekly.com
Career
- Raspberry Pi FoundationChief Executive Officer2015 to now
- NestaDeputy Chief Executive, Innovation Lab2010–2015
- London Borough of CamdenAssistant Chief Executive2004–2010
- Home OfficeHead of Race Equality and Community Cohesion Strategy Team1998–2004
Education
- LLB, Law, University of Liverpool, 1997