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Joe Kingsbury
Senior Partner
Experience
- President, AI Transformation Services, Weber Shandwick
- Global Chair, Edelman Business Marketing
- U.S. Managing Director, Edelman Business Marketing
Biography
Joe Kingsbury is a senior partner at Penta, helping lead the firm’s corporate and integrated communications work for clients across the advisory practice. He advises CEOs, CCOs, and CMOs on corporate reputation, executive positioning, and engagement with the customers, investors, partners, and policymakers who shape a company’s standing.
Before Penta, Joe served as President, AI Transformation Services at Weber Shandwick, where he led commercialization of the firm’s AI offerings and development of agentic systems that enable clients to act with greater insight, speed, and precision. Previously, Joe was Global Chair of Edelman Business Marketing. He built and led the firm’s global B2B practice, working with companies including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shell, PwC, American Express, and Samsung Group to strengthen their market positioning and reach senior decision-makers. Under his leadership, the practice was named Large B2B Agency of the Year by the Association of National Advertisers.
In partnership with LinkedIn, Joe created Edelman’s annual B2B Thought Leadership Impact Study, a widely cited analysis of how thought leadership shapes buying decisions, reputation, and trust.
Joe serves on the Board of Advisors of the Global Thought Leadership Institute at APQC. He is based in St. Louis and earned a B.A. in Government from Colby College.
Before Penta, Joe served as President, AI Transformation Services at Weber Shandwick, where he led commercialization of the firm’s AI offerings and development of agentic systems that enable clients to act with greater insight, speed, and precision. Previously, Joe was Global Chair of Edelman Business Marketing. He built and led the firm’s global B2B practice, working with companies including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shell, PwC, American Express, and Samsung Group to strengthen their market positioning and reach senior decision-makers. Under his leadership, the practice was named Large B2B Agency of the Year by the Association of National Advertisers.
In partnership with LinkedIn, Joe created Edelman’s annual B2B Thought Leadership Impact Study, a widely cited analysis of how thought leadership shapes buying decisions, reputation, and trust.
Joe serves on the Board of Advisors of the Global Thought Leadership Institute at APQC. He is based in St. Louis and earned a B.A. in Government from Colby College.