Randy HulceTrigild, a distressed property management, receivership and loan recovery specialist headquartered in San Diego – has named Randy Hulce as managing director for hotels. Before joining Trigild, Hulce was CEO/owner of Executive Guidance Inc., focusing on advising lenders and owners regarding hotel performance in operations efficiency, sales and marketing, revenue management, internet deployment and strategic options for exit or retention strategies. Prior to that, he was vice president/asset management for Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc., a lodging real estate investment trust – supervising capital investment project management and directing third party management operations for luxury hotels such as Hyatt, Marriott, Hilton, Embassy Suites, Renaissance and Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. He also served as president/CEO of Sunstone Hotel Management Inc., where he helped convert a start-up REIT of eight hotels to a professionally managed company of 70 properties with over 10,000 rooms. In addition, he was senior vice president of operations for La Quinta Inn and Suites, where he was responsible the financial performance of 125 La Quinta Inns & Suite hotels throughout Texas. He was also senior vice president of asset management for Lennar/Lehman Brothers, overseeing an REO portfolio of over 30 deed in lieu managed assets. For 14 years, he worked for Holiday Inn Worldwide in various executive level positions, spearheading the Holiday Inn Express launch.