Matthew Pedersen

Matthew Pedersen, Senior Manager, Rightsholder Relations, Copyright Clearance Center

Matt Pedersen is responsible for acquiring rights and content from publishers, authors and other rightsholders for Copyright Clearance Center’s (CCC) products and solutions. In addition, Matt is responsible for educating publishers on potential new revenue opportunities and CCC’s program benefits.

Prior to joining CCC, Matt enjoyed 5 years at Elsevier, where he held a variety of sales management positions. During this time, Matt was instrumental in building the corporate sales program for Elsevier’s books division both in the print and electronic space.

Matt began his career in publishing over 18 years ago when he helped form Syngress Publishing, an independent IT Security publisher. He was largely responsible for creating and implementing a global distribution strategy that resulted in Syngress books being readily available in most global markets.  Additionally, he managed all licensing activities through which he established e-content licensing programs with major electronic book distributors, while establishing language rights licensing relationships in over 40 countries.