# May Haim Kotlarsky

> May Haim Kotlarsky is CEO and General Counsel at The Brief, an AI marketing platform formerly called Creatopy. She previously held legal and privacy roles at Live365, Rakuten Viki, GitHub, and Meta, and co-founded the printable greeting-card app ayolla with Ruth Kadosh Tamari. She studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Georgetown University Law Center and is based in Tiburon, California.

- **Role:** CEO and General Counsel at The Brief
- **Organizations:** The Brief, Meta, GitHub, Rakuten Viki, Live365, Ayolla
- **Education:** Bachelor of Laws (LLB), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Master of Laws (LLM), Corporations, Securities, and Financial Regulation, Georgetown University Law Center
- **Known for:** Co-founded and helped create the ayolla printable greeting-card app., Graduated from Georgetown University Law Center with academic distinction, according to her public LinkedIn profile., Received a scholarship for academic excellence at Georgetown, according to her public LinkedIn profile.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Co-founded Ayolla, the company behind the printable greeting-card app.
- **2013** — Ayolla publicly announced its iPhone and iPad app on July 24.
- **2013-2015** — Counsel, Business and Legal Affairs at Live365; dates reported by The Org.
- **2015-2019** — Corporate Counsel and Head of Legal at Rakuten Viki; dates reported by The Org.
- **2019-2021** — Privacy Counsel and Director of Privacy Counsel at GitHub; dates reported by The Org.
- **2020** — Published GitHub’s July 23 explanation of its response to the invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield and joined GDG Singapore’s September 5 data-transfer panel.
- **2021-2025** — Held Meta roles in privacy, privacy policy, and monetization AI; dates and titles reported by The Org.
- **2025** — Joined The Brief as General Counsel; The Org reports July 2025.
- **2026** — The Brief’s current official team page identifies her as CEO and GC.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and helped create the ayolla printable greeting-card app.
- Graduated from Georgetown University Law Center with academic distinction, according to her public LinkedIn profile.
- Received a scholarship for academic excellence at Georgetown, according to her public LinkedIn profile.
- Authored GitHub’s public explanation of its response to the EU-US Privacy Shield ruling in July 2020.
- Appeared as guest panelist at GDG Singapore’s The Future of Data Transfer discussion in September 2020.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — As checked on October 8, The Brief’s official team page lists May HK as CEO & GC and links to May Haim Kotlarsky’s LinkedIn profile; this is a verification date, not an appointment date.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayhaimkotlarsky/
- GitHub: https://github.com/MayHK

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