Edward D. Spenceley is a Senior Vice President for Bank of America and the National Government Contracting Specialist for Global Banking and Markets. Edward joined Bank of America in 2000. After serving 13 plus years with the US Army as an intelligence and security specialist in over fifty countries, Edward now serves clients by integrating his understanding and knowledge of both the government contracting industry and the financial services industry.
Edward has built within Bank of America, a strong team that supports the government contracting industry. In conjunction with local relationship managers and their teams, the government contracting client can depend on professional support, industry knowledge and commitment both within the United States and internationally to meet their various contracting needs.
Due to his vast network and insight, Edward has not only assisted several government agencies in determining financial requirements for future solicitations but has also been invited to speak at many industry events to include, PEO-STRI’s and NAWCTSD small business information forum initiative for getting access to working capital, the Defense Leadership forums’ Air force, Navy and Army Summits in 2018, 2019 and 2020 focusing on financial feasibility, and at Congressman Posey’s federal contractor’s summit in Melbourne, Florida, which was focused on obtaining financing for contractors.
Edward was a member of the international panel for the 2016 GovCon I4 Summit, “Maximizing Your Value for Exit” panelist for the Florida GovCon 2018 Summit, and most recently was a panelist at the National 8(a) Association Small Business Conference to discuss the “Access to Capital” in 2020 and 2021. As a veteran and key influencer within the industry, he has been featured in the Service Contractor magazine, the Augusta Chronicle and Forbes.
Edward serves the Tampa community as the Chair of the Tampa Chamber’s Military Council Veteran’s Employment Committee, as a founding board member and current Advisory Board member for the Greater Tampa Bay Chapter of Women in Defense, as a member of the Project Transition USA Advisory Board, the Florida Defense Contractors Association Board, and the Honorary Commander for the 6th Maintenance Group, MacDill, AFB. He is also the music director at his church.