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 19 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.
• 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 14 years, currently as Government Relations Committee Chair & Webmaster. For 5 years, David was Organizer and co-organized the Las Vegas Massage Therapy Meetup networking group of over 600 members.