So far I have a 100% hit rate in recruiting all my target people for each role (and believe me, I have not been throwing money at people). This 100% record has continued with Actionjack ("Paul Jackson" to his family and "The Plodder" to the rest of us), who has decided to join DTD in a full time capacity from September 1st 2006. I have no doubts about this piece of recruitment, Paul was always top of my shortlist for the role of "Poker Director - www.dtdpoker.com".
I have been speaking to Paul for maybe 10 months about this role, and due to his other commitments with various online sites and magazines and my insistance that he would have to be 100% DTD focussed, we reached an amicable stalemate.
Also, Paul has been doing rather well on the live tournament circuit, winning 500k this year, and clearly this role will greatly reduce the amount of live poker that he will be able to play (which should speed up a few tournaments).
Anyway, we have got there in the end and shook hands on a long term commitment to DTD and working with me and the rest of the DTD crew. Paul will be taking full responsibility for:
1. DTD's web site - development, look and management
2. DTD's online card room - he will be the main contact for Cryptologic
3. Setting up a scheme for training, mentoring and bankrolling of online players (similar concept to the "bad beat" system)
4. Managing online sattelittes into the DTD Tour and live events at the Dusk Till Dawn poker club
5. Managing DTD's specific online tournaments and promotions
6. Representing DTD by playing in certain presigous poker tournaments
7. More stuff I can add once he's joined!
Its probably time for a refresh of who is involved in DTD and what I am still recruiting for, live and online, I got a lot of questions in Luton, so this should clear it up:
Dusk Till Dawn (the live club)
Darren "needs a poker name" Whiten - General Manager
Mike "also needs a nickname" Wiseman - Compliance Manager
Nick "The Shrew" Whiten - Facilities Director
Simon "Aces" Trumper - Live Poker Director
Rob "Nightfly" Gol - Card Room Manager
Daniel "Yogi Bear" Bell - Card Room Manager
Vacancy - Card Room Manager
www.dtdpoker.com (the online site)
Pete "Big Pete" Langley - IT Director
Simon "Chubbs" Nowab - Marketing Director
Paul "Actionjack" Jackson - Poker Director
4 x Poker Hosts/Sponsored Players (hope to annouce all 4 names next week)
12 DTD Account Managers (Chubbs currently recruiting)
Wow, thats a lot of people who could lose their jobs if things go tits up, we all better touch wood and cross our fingers!
