Jon Piesing is the vice-chair of HbbTV and chair of the HbbTV Specification Group. He played a major role facilitating the convergence of the original French and German initiatives which together become HbbTV. He is a member of the Steering Board of the DVB project and chair of the Technical Module. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the CTA WAVE project. Jon has been a leading figure in the development of specifications for integration of TV and interactivity for more than ten years. This has included being the chairman of groups in DVB, the Open IPTV Forum and the UK DTG.

Jon is now Director, Standardisation for TP Vision (who manufacture Philips TVs for Europe and a number of other territories). He has previously held senior positions related to standardisation in several different units of Philips.