David Otto

David J Otto, LMT BCTMB, BA is certified as a ProfessionalMassage Therapist by the Utah College of Massage Therapy (UCMT), Nevada Campus (LasVegas) in 2001. In the 20 years since:

• continues his massage practice, Hands In Motion (Henderson/Las Vegas, NV);
• worked as a massage therapist with the Ritz-Carlton for 9 years in Henderson, 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 TMCSchool (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 12,000 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 served the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) Nevada Chapter of 1,200+ members for 18 years, most-notably as its Chapter President for 4 years. For 5 years, David was Organizer and co-organized the Las Vegas Massage Therapy Meetup networking group of over 600 members.