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Kevin Gull has been appointed sales director in the Salt Lake City office of VideoPlus. Gull has been in the direct sales industry for more than 15 years, serving as a corporate executive and consultant. He has more than 20 years of marketing experience, with an emphasis on advertising and brand strategy.

Josh DeFord has joined the executive team at Alliance Health Networks as vice president of product management. DeFord has more than 12 years of experience in software development and management.

Brad Merrill, Kimberly Neville and Nathan E. Wheatley have been elected partners in the law firm Snell & Wilmer. Merrill concentrates his practice in business and finance, general corporate and banking. His education includes degrees from the University of Utah. Neville's practice is concentrated in product liability and commercial litigation. Her education includes a degree from the University of Utah. Wheatley concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, with an emphasis in commercial disputes.

CREW Utah, the local chapter of the national organization Commercial Real Estate Women, has selected the following people for its executive board for 2010: SuZanne Kennedy of Metro Title, president; Laura Warnock Carrera of Carrera Co., president-elect; Diane Banks of Fabian and Clendenin, secretary; Irena Edwards of Key Bank, treasurer; and Janet Vise of Sage Realty, immediate past president.

The Utah Technology Council has announced new members of its Board of Trustees: David Bradford, chief executive officer of Fusion-io; Gary Crocker, chairman of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals and founder of Crocker Ventures LLC; Matthew S. Holland, president of Utah Valley University; Michael Keene, director of Westminster College's Technology Management MBA Program; Monty Reagan, regional vice president of sales at ViaWest Inc.; Larry Richards, president of LDS Business College; Timothy Sullivan, chief executive officer of Ancestry.com; John R. Thompson, a partner at the law firm Stoel Rives LLP; Matthew G. Wells, a partner at the law firm Holland & Hart; and Todd Wolfenbarger, president of The Summit Group. UTC also has approved current trustee Jeff Nelson, chief executive officer of Nelson Labs, to serve on its executive committee.

David Tietjen has joined ViaWest as vice president and general manager, overseeing all sales and administration for the company's three regional data centers in Salt Lake City and the Lindon/Provo area. Tietjen previously was vice president of sales and marketing for a division of a South Jordan-based company. His education includes degrees from Brigham Young University.