Throughout the cities that Technical.ly covers, we’ve seen the chief of staff role pop up at more tech companies over the last couple of years. In Baltimore, SmartLogic was among those introducing the position: Michael Castagnola started as the software development firm’s first chief of staff in May. Since the role can look a bit different from organization to organization, we caught up with Castagnola to learn about how SmartLogic is applying it.

Castagnola, who moved to Baltimore five years ago, brings experience in government and politics. He held that same title working with 1st District City Councilman Zeke Cohen, and went on to D.C. in 2019 to connect the work of Congress to Baltimore on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform, which was chaired by the late Congressman Elijah Cummings.

At SmartLogic, the greater civic good remains in focus. Part of the chief of staff role involves leading on the company’s externally facing initiatives. This includes the work it is doing with organizations for Baltimore such as a microgrant program for Black-led organizations in June and the recently-launched youth design thinking challenge COVID Slam.

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