Mr. Marcus is responsible for long term forecasts of supply and demand outlooks and daily rig rates for IHS Markit offshore rig reports, the Jackup Rig Market Report and the Floating Rig Market Report. He has over 10 years' experience in this role beginning in 2006 as a member of ODS-Petrodata (now part of IHS Markit) rig forecasting team. Prior to that he was a biostatistician, research analyst and, for over 20 years, a geoscientist. He holds a Bachelor of Science in geology from the University of The West Indies, Jamaica and a Master in Statistics degree from Rice University, Houston, Texas.