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Executive Team

Doug Greenwood
Co-Founding Member, President & CEO

David Danovitch, JD 
Co- Founding Member
​With over thirty-five years of deal-making experience, Mr. Greenwood co-founded Pickwick Capital Partners in 2007 as a premier broker-dealer in the New York City area. Mr. Greenwood established Pickwick's strategic objectives and supervises all business, recruiting and compliance operations. He is also the current COO of Academy Securities, Inc.

Prior to Pickwick, Mr. Greenwood was the President and Head of Investment Banking at Trautman Wasserman & Co. He also spent thirteen years as a Managing Director at Deutsche Banc Alex Brown LLC within their Corporate Executie Services Group. Mr. Greenwood has also acted in an officer position at Chemical Bank and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Mr. Greenwood graduated with a BA degree from Princeton University
Mr. Danovitch is a co-found of Pickwick Capital Partners and a current Partner at Robinson Brog and  has extensive transaction experience representing issuers, broker-dealers, and investment funds in financings, capital markets transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Danovitch handles both regulatory and transactional work for broker-dealers. ​

Mr. Danovitch has received many honors throughout his career which include being named by American Banker as one of the “50 Most Influential People in Banking”. He is also a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences covering a range of issues in a variety of industries and is a Member of District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and New York bars.

Mr. Danovitch graduated with a AB degree from Kenyon College. He earned his MA, JD degree from Suffolk University and a MA LLM from Boston University.

Management Team

Mark Sauter
​Managing Director, Chief Revenue Officer

As Chief Revenue Officer, Mr. Sauter heads Pickwick's knowledge management, process and strategic initiatives to help better serve our clients and grow the firm. With over 20 years of investment banking and management experience, he also serves as a Registered Principal and Managing Director of the firm's investment banking activity, focused on security and tech M&A.

Prior to joining Pickwick, Mr. Sauter served as founding COO of America’s first business accelerator for national security technology and manager of its contract with the National Security Agency. A published expert on high-growth security and Big Data markets, Mr. Sauter is co-author of McGraw Hill’s leading university textbook, Homeland Security: A Complete Guide. He served as an Army officer in Special Forces and infantry units. 
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Mr. Sauter graduated with a BA degree from Harvard University and an MS degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Dawn Prommas
Chief Compliance Officer

As Chief Compliance Officer, Ms. Prommas is responsible for overseeing and managing the firm’s regulatory matters. She works directly with our registered representatives, partners, and SEC, FINRA, and MSRB regulators to ensure the firm’s operations meet the highest level of industry best practices in relation to applicable regulations. 


Prior to joining Pickwick in 2013, she managed investor relations and compliance in connection with the capital raising efforts of a U.S.-based hedge fund. She has over twenty-five years of experience, primarily in the areas of investment banking and alternative investments, with major banks and financial industry firms in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.


Ms. Prommas graduated with a BA degree from Bryn Mawr College. She also earned an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Brendan Arniel
Vice President, Business Operations

As Vice President Business Operations, Mr. Arniel works alongside Pickwick's CEO overseeing daily business development and strategic improvements of the firm. Additionally, he works with the firm's investment banking division assisting with deal origination, relationship management and deal execution.

Prior to joining Pickwick in 2015, Mr. Arniel served as an Account Manager with National Leasing assisting the syndication services and analysis of qualifying potential clients of the company.

Mr. Arniel graduated with a BS degree from The Ohio State University. He also earned a MBA degree from the University of Manitoba's Asper School of Business.