Ed Fuller

Best-Selling Author

ED FULLER is CEO of Laguna Strategic Advisors, a global consortium providing business consulting services worldwide. He has served on both business and charitable boards during his forty-year career with Marriott International where he was chief marketing officer followed by 22 years as president and managing director of Marriott International.

Under his management the international division grew from 16 to 550 hotels in 73 countries with 80,000 associates and sales of 8 billion dollars. Upon retirement, Ed repurposed his career in several arenas. He has served on five university boards as well as adjunct professor for both MBA and undergraduate students. For over four years he was a blogger for Forbes and other tourism and lodging industry media. 

As an author, Ed published You Can’t Lead with Your Feet on the Desk in English, Japanese and Chinese distributed throughout the world. In 2018, he and co-author Gary Grossman, released their high energy thriller Red Hotel, followed by Red Deception in 2021, Red Chaos in 2023, and Red Ultimatum in 2025. The series celebrated a relaunch as Second Editions in early 2026. The next book, Red Alert is in the works to be released soon.

Ed served as an Army captain in both Germany and Vietnam, receiving the Bronze Star and the Army Commendation medals. He and his wife Michela reside in Orange County, California. To learn more, go to edwinfuller.com