People on the move

• Longview Fibre Co. announced that David E. Wride was promoted to manager of the company's Spanish Fork container plant. He succeeds Stanley W. Curtis, who is retiring after 44 years of service at Longview. Wride previously served as superintendent of the plant. In addition to his duties in Spanish Fork, Wride also will be responsible for the company's container distribution warehouse in Logan and the Spanish Fork plant's production of containerboard for the company's plant in Cedar City.

• John Purvis was named president and chief executive officer of Corda Technologies, a Salt Lake-based technology company. Corda founder and former CEO, Neal Williams, will serve as chairman of the board and chief operating officer. Purvis has more than 25 years of technology experience, from software development to computer-based training technology. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and the University of South Carolina.

• Jacob S. Taylor has joined the litigation section of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, a Salt Lake-based law firm. Taylor will focus his practice in the areas of civil litigation and business crimes and compliance. Taylor previously served as assistant state attorney in the Palm Beach (Fla.) County State Attorney's Office. He is a graduate of the University of Miami and its law school.

• Mountain America Credit Union announced it has made several changes to its senior vice president staff. Suzanne Oliver was promoted to senior vice president of educational services. Marshall Paepke was promoted to senior vice president of human resources. Tony Rasmussen was named senior vice president of electronic services, while Michael Turner was named senior vice president of commercial lending. Annette Zimmerman was named senior vice president of business services, select member services and women's financial services network.

• Richter7, a Salt Lake-based advertising and public relations agency, has hired Whittney Marble as assistant account manager. Marble comes to Richter7 from another organization, where she served as advertising consultant.

• Centennial Bank announced the promotion of Sonya Deveraux to branch manager of the bank's South Jordan office, 1066 W. South Jordan Parkway. Deveraux has worked as a loan officer for Centennial since 2005. She has 15 years of financial services experience.