About Work. Play. Innovate.

Daniel Shipton is the CEO of BitMethod and operations director at Impromptu Studio. He rocks a diverse background spanning virtual reality, app development, coworking, and community building.

Dan is an established leader of Des Moines’ emerging technology culture – building relationships with events like Ignite Des Moines, Whuffaoke, and the Movement Bash and encouraging others in his support of user groups, tech conferences, hack nights, start-up weekends, and arts events. He is passionate about big ideas and has worked with organizations including John Deere, BNO News and Iowa State University.