Artera announced on March 26, 2026, the appointment of Damon Lanphear as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and the promotion of Nicole Ossey to Senior Vice President of People.123
Damon Lanphear brings over 30 years of experience, including roles at Amazon (AWS Snow, Managed Services, Devices) and as co-founder/CTO of 98point6, an AI-powered healthcare pioneer.1
Nicole Ossey, who joined Artera two years ago, was previously VP of People & Culture at Knock, scaling it from 30 to 200 employees before its acquisition; she now leads talent, culture, and scaling initiatives.14
These changes follow a $65M growth investment to accelerate agentic AI adoption in healthcare, supporting 2 billion patient communications annually.13
Artera focuses on AI agents for patient communications across text, phone, and web, trusted by over 1,000 healthcare organizations.1
Sources:
1. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/artera-strengthens-executive-leadership-team-with-appointment-of-new-cto-and-promotion-of-people-team-leader-302725523.html
2. https://www.cxodigitalpulse.com/artera-strengthens-executive-leadership-team-with-appointment-of-new-cto-and-promotion-of-people-team-leader/
3. https://www.tipranks.com/news/private-companies/artera-adds-cto-people-chief-as-65m-fuels-push-into-agentic-ai-for-healthcare
4. https://artera.io/news/artera-continues-to-expand-executive-team-attract-top-talent/