Stephanie Ziegle graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in General Engineering with a minor in Business from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 2007. She joined the United States Patent and Trademark Office in September of 2007 and worked examining Business Methods Banking, Finance, and Insurance patent applications. Stephanie has been in her current role as a Trainer in the Office of Patent Training since June of 2018, where her primary duties include supervising, training, and mentoring new patent examiners, trainers and managers.