Meet the Vent Racing Staff

Mike Greenhalgh

Mike Greenhalgh brings strong financial experience to the Vent Racing Technologies team. His career includes an extensive background in management, accounting, budgeting, and finance.

Previously, Mike was a Partner and the CFO of Spread Trade Systems. Prior to joining STS, he was Vice-President/Controller at Educator Mutual Insurance Company. Before his career at Educators Mutual, he worked as a Senior Auditor for Ernst & Young LLP in Salt Lake City where his clients included Autoliv, Doppelmayr CTEC, Iomed, Schaeffer Industries and many other large manufactures. His career has also included a Controllership for TON Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Flying J, number 17 among Forbes' 500 largest private companies.

Mike is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Utah Association of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Greenhalgh earned a BS in Accounting and a Masters of Accounting from Weber State University, where he received the UACPA Outstanding Graduate Award. He also received his Information Systems Management certificate from Weber State University. He is a life-time member of Beta Alpha Psi a national scholastic and professional fraternity.

Mike currently serves as the President of Vent Racing Technologies.

Craig Thorley

Craig has extensive experience in the nuclear fuel, services, remediation and waste. He is currently Chairman of Thor Group, which has interests in uranium milling, utility vehicle performance parts manufacturing, and a title company. From 2005-2007 he was President of EnergySolutions Fuel Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EnergySolutions that sought to exploit worldwide opportunities on the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle.

Prior to that, Craig was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of EnergySolutions for 12 years, assisting in the growth of the company from 25 employees to over 5000, including the acquisitions of Duratek, BNG America, and the D&D division of Scientech. In that capacity, Craig handled all legal aspects of the company, including, at various times, all federal and state lobbying, regulatory and governmental affairs, permitting and licensing, human resources, public relations, and media relations.

Craig graduated from Utah State University in 1984 with a BA in English and a minor in German, and graduated from Columbia Law School in 1987, where he was the Research Editor for the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law. While in law school, he served as a law clerk for the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, DC. After graduating from law school, Craig worked for 5 years for law firms in Washington, DC, and for 4 years as Environmental Counsel for Delmarva Power & Light Company in Wilmington, Delaware. He is a member of the bar in Delaware, District of Columbia, and Utah. Craig is a member of the USU Foundation Board and is a member of the Davis County Planning and Zoning Commission.

Mark Green

Mark Green is the CEO of Vent Racing Technologies. Mark Green has extensive experience in manufacturing, management, accounting and finance. He is currently the CFO of Thor Group LLC. From 2002 – 2008 he was the Controller of EnergySolutions (NYSE: ES) a global nuclear services company with over 5,500 employees. Prior to his tenure at EnergySolutions, Mark was a Senior Consultant in Chicago and Salt Lake City for Ernst & Young LLP where his clients included ADM, Transamerica, Bekins Van lines, Zions Bank, Doppelmayr CTEC and many other large companies.

Mark graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in Accounting. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mark lives with his wife Kelli and two children in Sandy, Utah.

Jace Packard

A pivotal part of Packard Enterprises and founding member of Vinco Racing Jace Packard is one of the brightest minds in powersports today. Responsible for building some of the fastest 2 and 4 stroke engines the world has ever seen, winning various world speed titles and engineering championship winning suspension components Jace currently serves as the VP of Product Development at Vent Racing Technologies. He is an expert CNC operator, certified TIG and MIG welder, expert in AutoCAD and Solidworks as well as a precision machinist. Jace lives in Farmington, Utah with his wife Brooke.

Jake Packard

A founding member of Vinco Racing and now the VP of Sales Jake brings years of executive sales team management to the Vent Racing Technologies. Jake graduated with honors from the University of Utah and brings extensive international client management experience to the Vent Racing Team. He previously worked as the VP of Sales for W Management, Sky Blue Communications and Vinco Racing. Jake is fluent in three languages and currently enrolled in a Masters of International Business program with strong emphasis on Middle Eastern Relations. Jake lives in Farmington, Utah with his wife and 2 kids.