Shrin Murthy was born and raised in Bangalore, India. After graduating from University of Mysore with a BS degree in engineering he came to Minneapolis, MN in fall of 1968 to pursue his higher education at the University of Minnesota. After completing his MS degree in Mechanical Engineering in the winter of 1969, he interned for one year at Graco, Inc.
In 1971 he married his wife Lekha in India. It was an arranged marriage. Same year he joined International Dairy Queen, Inc. in Bloomington, MN as an engineer. He held various positions with IDQ and traveled to all 50 states on business. He retired as VP of Administrative Services in 2008 after 37 years’ service with them. IDQ was purchased by Berkshire Hathaway in 1998.
Shrin and Lekha have only one son who was born in 1972. He is employed by Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN as an assistant professor in the Department of Radiology. He was an alumina of University of Minnesota as well. He and his wife Roxanne live in Rochester, MN.
Shrin, while he was in Minnesota, he was a board member of Edina Chamber of commerce, founding member and treasurer of Bloomington Sister City Org, board member of National Council of Chain Restaurants in Washington, D.C and involved with Big Brother and Big Sister org of Minnesota.
Shrin and his wife Lekha enjoy traveling. They have traveled to six out seven continents and plan to visit seventh continent in the near future.
Shrin and Lekha moved to Denver in 2008 to help shrin’s niece to raise her two small daughters. In 2011 they moved to Denver, Colorado for good and they live in Highlands Ranch.
After moving to Denver, Shrin has been volunteering at Children’s Hospital of Colorado, south Campus. He is a Board member of Association of Volunteers at Children’s Hospital of Colorado.
Shrin Joined Highlands Ranch Rotary Club in April 2015 and looking forward become involved in the International Services and other volunteer projects where he can make a difference.
Arthur Cone is a seasoned sales executive in the consumer goods industry recognized for his ability to lead diverse cross-functional teams to achieve outstanding results in a timely and cost-effective manner. It is his keen understanding of corporate vision, insight into marketplace opportunities, strengths in building teams and instilling dedication to team success that has made him so effective. A dynamic leader, Arthur is able to bridge and to build effective and sustainable communications to internal and external customer groups instilling confidence and positive client collaboration.
With comprehensive experience in professional foodservice management and in consumer goods executive sales positions, Arthur is acutely aware of the sales executive’s role in facilitating strategic objectives and in adding value to the client’s operations. Specific expertise in building customer relationships, managing broker and distributor networks, hands on culinary expertise, and meeting business plan goals allow Arthur to deliver exceptional business growth while managing critical operational overhead costs.
Arthur is highly articulate and is an excellent communicator in leading executive level presentations and in training field associates. Other skills include business plan creation, profit and loss analysis, developing top talent, coaching successful teams and acting as a SME for internal systems and networking.
Prior to Coca-Cola, Arthur served as a District Manager for The Compass Group, Eurest Dining Division managing a diverse portfolio of large retail corporate dining and vending locations. This included direct supervision of 15 foodservice GMs, two vending branch GMs and 100+ hourly associates in a three state region with sales exceeding $10million annually.
Arthur earned his BA degree in economics from The College of William and Mary and his AOS degree in Culinary Arts and Foodservice Management from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. Additional educational credits were from received from the Radford University MBA program along with course participation in Collaborating for Value, advanced MS Office and Miller-Heiman Sales Modeling.
Arthur volunteers regularly for school fundraising and field trip events. He enjoys cooking, golf, skiing and going for long walks with his family in the beautiful Colorado countryside.
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