Robyn Frisch

Robyn began her career in the pharmaceutical industry when she joined one of the largest Import & Export Trading companies in China of chemical and pharmaceutical raw materials. Robyn traveled throughout China visiting many different chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers and developed a broad understanding of the sourcing, manufacturing, and supply process. By the age of 24, Robyn became the youngest manager in the Foreign Trade Industry of Sinochem Yantai. In October of 1990, Robyn took a step towards her American dream and arrived in New York with two empty hands, but a heart filled with determination. An ancient Chinese proverb states “A bird yearns to fly and reach new heights; a fish yearns for the vast ocean to truly swim freely.” Robyn believed that America was her sky and she was the bird, ready to fly. Robyn’s knowledge and experience in the pharmaceutical industry along with growing customers in North America and Europe, served as her foundation for taking the entrepreneurial leap. In 1994, Rochem International Inc. was founded by Robyn in the small office of her home.