Steven J. Carter

Steven J. Carter, a Certified Public Accountant, provides HE Partners and Harding Company with financial expertise, management strength, and planning capabilities that are paramount to the company’s growth due to the opportunities and successes of the Barnett Shale gas play.  His early experience in the oil and gas industry came while he was a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation heading up a criminal investigation involving what was indicated to be the private sector’s illegal accounting for oil and gas being moved via pipelines across the nation.

Carter’s four-year career with the FBI included organized crime and RICO statute criminal investigations out of field offices in San Francisco, Tucson, and Houston.  Upon leaving there, he worked with Carter Systems Consultants, Inc. of Dallas for 10 years, and then became CFO of Pro Set, Inc. (a trading card company based in Texas) from 1989 to 1993.  At that time, he then became CFO of Met-Trim, LLC and Planet E Shop, Inc., a distribution and fulfillment, media planning and purchasing company.  He joined Harding Company in 2002.

Having received an appointment and attending the U.S. Air Force Academy, Carter later earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting) degree from the University of Texas at Arlington.  He was a member of Beta Alpha Psi, the business honor student fraternity.  He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Texas Society of CPAs.  Carter has been active in Rotary International and member of Kessler Park United Methodist Church, Dallas.