Jon Howard is a digital executive in his 14th year of developing innovative and educational digital products at the BBC - working closely with brands from Doctor Who to Radio One and CBeebies to Bitesize to bring the potential of new technologies to large audiences. Over the last three years, Jon has dedicated his attentions to the challenge of using emerging deep learning and AI tech to support children as they take their first personal steps with smartphones - delivering the ground-breaking and multi-award-winning Own It App.