Cowen Group, Inc. has named Jesse Hulsing as director of its equity research department to cover software stocks. Mr. Hulsing is based in San Francisco and reports to Robert Fagin, Cowen's Director of Research. Mr. Hulsing joins Cowen from Pacific Crest Securities where he was a research analyst focused on information management software and IT services.

Prior to joining Pacific Crest, he worked as a software engineer and marketing executive for Infosys Technologies in Bangalore, India and New York.