Michael McGuire
President
at XR Pay
Michael McGuire is President of XR Pay, XR’s division dedicated to comprehensive payroll and financial solutions for the advertising and entertainment industries.
Michael brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in enterprise hardware, software and services spanning the financial, technology and entertainment industries.
He was most recently COO of FilmTrack, the industry leader in handling the complex intellectual property management process for the Media and Entertainment Industry, where he led the company to a successful exit.
Previously, Michael was the EVP of Sales and Marketing for FastPay, a leader in B2B fintech for the digital media space, where he was instrumental in growing the portfolio from $500M to over $1.6B in 12 months.
He also held senior positions at organizations including Velocify (acquired by Ellie Mae), Siebel Systems (acquired by Oracle), FileNet (IBM) and Ascendant Technology (Avnet).
Michael has been recognized for his achievements in growing revenue, building strategic partnerships and implementing process optimization to ensure consistency and efficiency.
Content & Articles by Michael McGuire
Most Startup Content Is Invisible: Here’s How to Fix It
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Irina Maltseva, founder of Seen, to share how early-stage B2B SaaS companies get found on Google and inside LLMs. She has spent...
Setting Up A Founder-Led Organic LinkedIn Content Machine With Claude
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Jonathan Martinez, founder and CEO of GrowthPair, to share how founder-led LinkedIn content took his startup from zero to $1M in annual...
Lessons From Building An AI-Native Startup with Octagos
In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited friends from one of our portfolio companies Haley Chute, CPO & CMO, and Harpreet Marwaha, COO & CFO of Octagos, to share...
How To Craft Your Website Messaging & Positioning as a Startup
In this Mucker Growth Series session, Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, walks through how to craft website messaging and positioning as a startup. FletchPMM is a consultancy that has worked...
2026 New York Tech Week Recap of Mucker Sessions
Mucker Capital went to New York Tech Week to host sessions for founders, operators, and builders thinking through how AI is changing product, growth, and search. Among the sessions were:...
Closing Enterprise Deals in Founder-Led Sales as a Startup
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited David Mackay, Managing Director at D9Y and one of our operating experts at Mucker, to talk about closing enterprise deals in...