In 2001, he was recruited by Jamaica’s investment promotion agency, JAMPRO, and returned home to help Jamaica develop its Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) sector. As Manager for Investment Promotion, his main responsibilities included the development and execution of strategies and programmes to market Jamaica as an offshore location for ICT investment. In his time at JAMPRO, Minister Robinson was instrumental in positioning Jamaica as a player in the ICT outsourcing industry and attracting a number of major international companies into establishing offshore outsourcing operations in Jamaica.
A graduate of the Hope Valley Experimental Primary School and Campion College, Minister Robinson earned his BSc in Management and Economics from the University of the West Indies, Mona. He also holds a MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the USA.