[Techtaffy Newsdesk]

EHealth, an online source of health insurance for individuals, families and small businesses, has appointed Bill Shaughnessy as president and chief operating officer and as a member of the company’s board of directors effective March 27, 2012. Mr. Shaughnessy will be responsible for the overall management and execution of eHealth’s day-to-day operations including human resources, technology development, product management, and the individual and family, and Medicare businesses.

Bruce Telkamp, eHealth’s executive vice president of business and corporate development, and Sheldon Wang, eHealth’s executive vice president of technology and chief technology officer, have resigned from the company effective April 2, 2012 to pursue other career opportunities. The functions previously managed by Mr. Telkamp and Dr. Wang will be reassigned to other executives.