Vivek Kulkarni is the Chairman and CEO of Brickwork India, a knowledge process outsourcing company & founder of Brickwork Ratings - the fifth credit rating agency of India. Vivek is the Indian Administrative Service officer from Karnataka.

Vivek Kulkarni is married to Sangeeta and they have two children, Reecha, born in 1994; and Shruti, born in 2000.

Born in Hubli, India on July 21, 1957, Vivek graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the B.V.B. College pf Engineering & Technology, Hubli, Karnataka University after attending government school, and received his master's degree from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1991. After his engineering, he worked with Indian Oil for a short period before joining IAS.

Vivek has over 25 years of experience in managing different verticals of Business and Government departments. He was the Information Technology & Biotechnology Secretary, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore. During his tenure in Government, he was instrumental in building world-class information technology and Biotech institutes and corporate events in Karnataka. He promoted public-private partnership in Governance. Between 2000 and 2003 he worked actively in marketing Bangalore as the undisputed IT Capital of India. Prior to IT Secretary, he worked as Finance Secretary in Govt. of Karnataka, Head of CRISIL Advisory Services as well as the Division Chief SEBI. He was a faculty at the Boston University as well as the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. At present, he is a visiting professor in finance at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Paul Higgins (born January 13, 1962 in Saint John, New Brunswick) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 25 games in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Higgins was drafted in the 10th Round, 200th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. Higgins appeared in 25 regular season games from 1981–82 to 1982–83. His only appearance in the post season was a single game in 1982–83 against the Minnesota North Stars in Game 4 of the Norris Division Semi-Finals at Maple Leaf Gardens. Higgins dressed in favour of the injured Jim Korn. His primary role in hockey was as a fighter and he was compared to the likes of Tiger Williams. In the 25 NHL regular season games that Higgins played, he was assessed 152 minutes in penalties.

NHL Regular Season