Julie Risti Bergaas is currently employed as a GIS-systemspesialist at Geodata AS, where the role began in September 2021, following a traineeship earlier that year. Prior experience includes a position as a laborant at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute from June 2020 to September 2021 and a summer student role at Statens vegvesen in July and August 2019. Julie holds a master's degree in Geomorfologi og geomatikk from the University of Oslo, completed in 2021, and a master's degree in Remote Sensing from the University of Ottawa, conferred in 2020. Additional educational qualifications include an Årsstudium in Geografiske informasjonssystemer from the University of South-Eastern Norway and a bachelor's degree in Geologi og geofare from Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.