Patent Monetization Experts

Doug Rhoten is Chairman of ICAP Patent Brokerage. President of Garvin Guy Butler (GGB) Broker for 5 years from 1994, CEO of ICAP Americas for 15 years from 1999, responsibilities included ICAP Americas' brokerage & operations comprising of 1,800 employees and $800 million in revenues. His executive roles also included representing the Americas on ICAP's Global Management and Risk Committees, Chaired the Americas Operating Committee, a member of the ICAP Global Intellectual Property and Technology Governance Committees and was a founding member of The Green Exchange. He initiated ICAP's expansion into the brokerage of non-capital markets products such as factoring, longevity, logistics, media rights, and patents. Mr. Rhoten has been an active participant on a number of industry committees, including serving as a former member of the US Federal Reserve Bank Foreign Exchange Committee, the Chilean Products Exchange & the Boards of Cross-Asset Software, CABEI & the New Heights Warriors Charity. He established and maintained Board positions on ICAP's partnerships with the Mexican, Chilean, Colombian & Peruvian Stock Exchanges. After retiring from ICAP PLC in 2013, purchased & assumed Chairmanship of ICAP Patent Brokerage, CoFounder Otra Capital Venture Debt and Alternative Lending Fund, founding member of LES Patent Standards Committee, FFCV Mentorship Committee, Founding member IP Angels Fund, Advisor for: Sinai Eating Disorder Clinic project, Spiral Sun Healthy Food Fund, Synapcis Neuroscience, Liquineq BlockChain, Espear, Board Directorships: IPGL Investments PLC, Slice Sodas, Glasswall Cyber Security Solutions, Incubex, Bamcore and Apiary Life.

Paul V. Greco is a Senior Vice President in ICAP Patent Brokerage’s New York office, and heads up the high tech brokerage group for both the private and public brokerage platforms.  Mr. Greco has been a practicing attorney for 19 years, focusing on corporate finance, M&A, securities and intellectual property matters for businesses in the on-line, software development and consumer products industries.  In 2004 he founded and partnered in Sierchio Greco & Greco, LLP, a boutique securities law firm and venture capital practice. From 2001 through 2004 he was a principal in the law firm of Garvey Schubert Barer, a multi-jurisdictional, full-service firm.  Prior to this he co-founded and was a principal partner in Aieta & Greco, a securities, IP and venture capital boutique law firm located in the hub of New York’s Silicon Alley. Since 1999 and until 2012, Mr. Greco was a Director of AGB2 Inc., a privately held intellectual property development and holding company. He is also listed as an inventor on 5 issued U.S. patents.  Mr. Greco graduated cum laude with a B.A. in English from Boston College and received a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.  He is admitted to the New York, SDNY and EDNY bars.

 Mark Thomann is the Trademark and Brand Agent for ICAP Patent Brokerage.  Mr. Thomann brings to ICAP Patent Brokerage a long track record of successful monetization of brands and trademarks, as well as distressed business enterprises and their assets.  Mr. Thomann has established himself as one of the leading transactional IP experts and is also the Chief Executive Officer of River West Brands, a company that acquires, redevelops, and monetizes brands. Mr. Thomann has over 15 years of experience valuing, structuring, and consummating complex financial transactions, involving trademarks/brands and other IP assets.

Mr. Thomann received a B.A. from the College of The Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.