Stephen Carrier is Debt Shield Inc.’s new president. Debt Shield is a debt settlement company based in Maryland.

Carrier is a Six Sigma Black Belt and previously worked with GE Healthcare Financial Services. There, he underwrote more than $1.2 billion in commitments over a nine-month period, reduced the funding-process error rate from 41 to 0 percent through customer feedback, and created a quarterly reporting system for a $1 billion portfolio.

Carrier received his undergraduate degree at the U.S. Naval Academy and spent the following six years as a commissioned officer in the Supply Corps, the Navy’s business branch that focuses on finance, logistics and contract management. His last Navy assignment was as a supply officer for the Naval Station in Annapolis, where he managed a $3.5 million budget and finished each year 2.5 percent under budget.

Debit Shield can be found on the Web at www.debtshield.com/index.html

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