David J Otto, LMT BCTMB, BA is certified as a Professional Massage Therapist at the Utah College of Massage Therapy (UCMT), Nevada Campus (Las Vegas) in 2001. In the 16 years since: David has worked as a licensed massage therapist with the Ritz-Carlton for 9 years in Henderson, NV.  Since 2003, he:  continues his massage practice, Hands In Motion (Henderson/Las Vegas, NV); instructed over 450 massage therapy students at the Nevada School of Massage Therapy, Las Vegas, NV, regarding their professional development and other massage modalities over 6 years; in 2004, attended TMC School (Chiangmai, Thailand) for a 90-hour Traditional Thai Massage certification course; worked with Drift Spa at Palms Place (Las Vegas, NV) for 4 years as a massage therapist. David has performed over 8,000 massage therapy sessions.

David co-founded the Nevada nonprofit organization MWR Project Inc, to benefit and promote research for a cure for breast cancer through “the BIGGEST massage ever”. He was also the Director of Operations at Anatriptic Arts Inc, providing on-site seated massage to the healthcare industry workforce and for company events.

He has been serving the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) Nevada Chapter for 10 years, currently as Delegate & Webmaster. For 5 years, David was Organizer and co-organized the Las Vegas Massage Therapy Meetup networking group of over 600 members.