- Vice President Marketing / Investor Relations, Authorised Officer Roth & Rau AG
- married, 2 children, 52 years old
- study of physics at the University of Technology Chemnitz with the main focus on plasma physics
- degree in 1980
- 1980 - 1992 scientific assistant at the University of Technology Karl-Marx-Stadt / Chemnitz with various tasks in teaching and research, particularly in the field of development of plasma and ion beam sources for application in thin film and surface technology
- graduation in 1991
- 1990 formation of the Roth & Rau Oberflächentechnik GmbH together with Dr. Dietmar Roth and Dr. Bernd Rau
- 1993 – 2005 Product Manager, later Head of Sales and Marketing of the company
- 2001 – 2002 chairman and 2002 to March 2006 vice-chairman of the supervisory board of the Roth & Rau AG
- since 2006 Vice President Marketing / Investor Relations and authorised representative
- 2009: Dr. Silvia Roth was awarded a honorary professor by the University of Science in Zwickau / Saxony (Germany)
