Primary Job Title Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Primary Organization 
Trident Energy
Location Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Steve Packard is the Chief Executive Officer of Trident Energy.
Prior to his appointment with Trident, Mr Packard was the founder and CEO of whereonearth Ltd. whereonearth was a software vendor, providing “location enabling” technology for Internet search services.
As CEO, Mr Packard raised £8m in venture capital funding and assembled a
strong management to grow the business.
Mr Packard was awarded “Innovator of the Year” in 2001 at the CSSA’s Annual Gala Dinner and the company secured a top ten place in the Sunday Times “Tech Track 100” in 2002. He exited the company via a successful trade sale exit to Yahoo! Inc in 2005.
Prior to wheronearth, Mr Packard was part of a three man start-up team of a company named San Serif.
San Serif secured the exclusive rights to produce Trivial Pursuit and Pictionary Board Games worldwide and Mr Packard was Group Production Director.
Mr Packard was part of the team which successfully completed the IPO of Serif PLC in 1987.
