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/ 00 — THE FOUNDERS

The people behind
the frame.

OPEN/FRAME is built by operators who have spent careers shaping how brands are seen, felt, and remembered. Here is who runs the room.

/ FOUNDER · 01
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XIMENA SILVA
LOCATIONCHICAGO, ILLINOIS
SIGNAL LIVE
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Ximena Silva

SHE/HER · CO-FOUNDER · BRAND & CULTURAL STRATEGY

"Translates culture into commerce."

Ximena is the co-founder of OPEN/FRAME and a senior marketing operator with over a decade of experience in premium brand strategy, creative direction, and integrated campaigns. She specializes in luxury real estate, financial services, and lifestyle, turning brand vision into work that moves people and markets.

At OPEN/FRAME, she leads brand strategy and creative direction — crafting the positioning, aesthetics, and voice that make a brand unmistakable in its market.

YEARS OPERATING
11+
HOME BASE
Chicago
PRACTICE
Brand · Culture · Story
/ EXPERIENCE
  • Senior Marketing Manager Cross Street
    CHICAGO, IL
  • Director of Integrated Marketing Premier Sotheby's International Realty
    NAPLES, FL
  • Social Media Manager Silva Marketing House
  • Associate Project Manager B. Riley Financial
    CHICAGO, IL
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/ FOUNDER · 02
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MARC AVILA
LOCATIONCHICAGO · MIAMI
SIGNAL LIVE
/ 02CHICAGO · MIAMI

Marc Avila

HE/HIM · FOUNDER · AI ARCHITECT & SPATIAL STRATEGIST

"Frame the Future. Turn Vision Into Momentum."

Marc Avila is a marketing strategist, AI architect, and entrepreneur who helps businesses turn attention into revenue.

Trained under digital marketer Billy Gene, he spent years engineering high-converting advertising systems across Facebook, Instagram, Google, YouTube, and AI-driven channels — combining direct-response marketing, creative storytelling, and automation to help companies acquire customers faster and scale.

As the founder of VSH Media, he built one of the real estate industry's leading marketing and visualization companies, serving thousands of agents, brokerages, and developers. His work has been featured in Inman News and CNN.

Today, through Open Frame, Marc builds marketing ecosystems that blend human creativity with AI-powered execution — attracting attention, generating demand, and creating measurable outcomes.

YEARS IN MARKET
20+
FOUNDED VSH
2014
AI ADOPTION
Top 1%
/ EXPERIENCE
  • Founder · AI Architect OPEN/FRAME
    CHICAGO · MIAMI
    Present
  • Founder · CEO Virtual Staging House / VSH Media
    CHICAGO, IL
    2014 — Present
  • Real Estate Broker Second-Generation · Century 21 Roots
    CHICAGO, IL
    2006
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