Biographies

 

Peter F. Marcus, a steel securities analyst, 
is founder of World Steel Dynamics and a
consultant to the steel industry.
He began his career on Wall Street in 1961
with L.F. Rothschild & Co. In early 1999,
after 28 years at PaineWebber, Peter with his
World Steel Dynamics staff formed their own
separate and independent company.
Peter graduated from Cornell University in
1960 and received a MBA from New York
University in 1965.

 

Karlis M. Kirsis, has researched the steel
industry for more than 30 years, since 1978
in partnership with Peter Marcus.
Karlis is responsible for coordinating
WSD's business, publishing and
marketing operations. He oversees the
research projects of its staff and authors
his own studies.
Karlis has an engineering degree from
Northeastern University and a MBA from
the Columbia Business School

 

Patrick A. McCormick, a commercial veteran
of global steel buying, joined World Steel
Dynamics in 2006. Pat has previously
held various engineering and procurement
management positions during his 30-year
career at Emerson. His specializations
are global strategy development, supplier
relationship management, and industry
analysis. Pat is a member of the Institute
of Supply Chain Management and holds a
MBA from Washington University.

 

Becky E. Hites began her Wall Street career
in 1986 at Atlanta based Robinson-Humphrey.
Since joining WSD in 2003 to work on a
banking project, she has developed new
aspects of the early warning system including
the Steel Thermometer and The Cyclone,
and overseas publication of the Chinese Core
Report and Zhe Zhang Zones. Becky has an
Economics degree from the State University of
West Georgia and a MBA from Georgia State
University.