Tim Parker

Tim Parker has spent the last 13 years writing about investing and personal finance for everybody from major media companies to personal bloggers. He started his career as a public school teacher and now spends most of his time as the founder and "Head Web Guy" at ECS--a digital content and development agency based in Bradenton, Florida.

Experience

Tim started in the digital space as a financial blogger when blogging was in its infancy. Over time, he began focusing on providing content for others and later started ECS to meet the growing need for financial content. Today, the company, and its team of writers, provides content for websites and financial publications large and small.

Prior to entering the digital space, Tim spent 13 years as a public school teacher and when time permits, still maintains his personal finance site, buildmykingdom.com--a website dedicated to no-nonsense advice for people who don't know as much as they would like about money management.

Education

Tim holds a Bachelor's degree in education from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and Master's degree in Educational Leadership from The University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio.

About The Balance and Dotdash

The Balance makes personal finance easy to understand. It is home to experts who provide clear, practical advice on managing your money. Whether you’re looking to invest, buy a home, save for retirement, or achieve another financial goal, The Balance will answer your questions with straightforward personal financial advice.

The Balance is part of the Dotdash publishing family. For more than 20 years, Dotdash brands have been helping people find answers, solve problems, and get inspired. We are one of the top-20 largest content publishers on the internet, according to comScore, and reach more than 30% of the U.S. population every month. Most recently, Dotdash was named Publisher of the year by Digiday, a leading industry publication.