Porcelain Folio: a building-software chief whose site begins with who really runs an office

Tomas's home page opens in two columns. On the left his portrait sits on a pale grey-green panel, captioned with his name, Chief Product Officer and Europe. On the right, above a small line reading A selected perspective, the essay's topic, Landlord and tenant, its date of 15 September 2026 and its reading time introduce the page's only main heading: The landlord signs the contract; the tenant runs the building.

The standfirst beneath it states his case in two sentences: landlords buy building software, tenants use most of the energy, and a product built only for the buyer yields reports rather than reductions. A link opens the full essay, and his availability for board and speaking work sits under it with a route to the contact page. A nominating chair therefore reads a position on landlords and occupiers before learning any job title.

Below the cover, a ruled header labelled The portfolio announces From idea to consequence, and three of his four cases follow as wide spreads. Each carries a large slate-indigo numeral, the case title and its opening sentence alone, then a link to the Impact page.

His opening sentences were written to survive that cut. The first sets the Dutch requirement for offices to hold an energy label of C or better against asset managers asking which buildings would pass. The second names the €1.60 a month Lindevaart once charged for every connected data point. The third describes the company's own gateway in the plant room, before he ended its sale. Who disagreed, and the revenue each choice gave up, wait one click away. His fourth case, reversing an app-only door system at Hallenbrook Workspaces, appears only on the Impact page.

His philosophy then stands alone in large centred type: a building is measured honestly when the meter, the energy label and an occupant's complaint can disagree on one screen. Under Further reading, his remaining essays appear as 02 and 03, one arguing that a lease clause is no substitute for a tenant's consent to share meter data, the other that per-sensor pricing punishes landlords who measure most. Three figures follow: €68 million of recurring revenue, 5,200 connected buildings and a median of six days from contract to first data.

The authored home continues with his centred thesis, three introductory paragraphs and four proof points, from measured consumption beside the label to the door system reversed. A short record lists his unpaid seat on an accessibility foundation's board and his two qualifications beside a quotation from Lindevaart's supervisory board chair, and an invitation repeats what he is open to.

Because his dossier supplies its own headings, the Career page is titled Five appointments between the plant room and the occupier. Each role sits in a bordered panel captioned FOLIO with its number and dates, and on wide screens every second panel steps inwards, so the path from a Brussels consultancy to Rotterdam reads like turned leaves. On a phone the panels align flush.

The Readiness page, A product officer's case for one supervisory seat, puts his contribution and three numbered judgement examples in one panel and his first year, conflicts and independence statement in a second. A two-column register closes it: exposure and governance learning on one side, committees and capacity on the other. It separates presenting to Lindevaart's supervisory board from his vote on the foundation board, and its databank line is explained as an Indian register that does not apply to a Netherlands resident.

Porcelain sets charcoal text on an off-white ground, with a pale grey-green surface, cool grey rules, white raised panels and a restrained slate-indigo accent reserved for numerals and links. His readers are supervisory board chairs, landlords' asset managers, tenants' facilities managers and search consultants in the Benelux and Germany. A cool, uncluttered palette suits an engineer whose evidence is meter readings and tender clauses; nothing on the page looks like a vendor brochure.

The Folio loads two typefaces. EB Garamond, a classical serif, sets the essay title, numerals and the centred philosophy, giving a contested argument the weight of print. Figtree, a clear modern sans serif, carries running text, so figures such as €2.80 per square metre and 46 per cent of tenants active after a year stay legible on a small screen.

The design suits any leader with one argument they have paid for: hospital estates directors, district-heating executives, mobility operators or finance chiefs with a tested dissent. It works equally for all ten leadership roles.