Bill Sennett began his legal career as an attorney with Frost & Jacobs (now Frost Brown Todd) in Cincinnati, Ohio in the litigation and labor departments. He was a litigator and counselor who represented major clients in the Cincinnati area, including Square D Company, Cincinnati Gas & Electric, Armco Steel Company and McGraw/Kokosing Construction Company.

He left Frost & Jacobs in 1995 to pursue an in house legal opportunity with Litton Industries and held a number of positions within Litton and its spin off company Western Atlas, Inc. (which later becoming UNOVA, Inc.). He eventually was named vice president, group general counsel for UNOVA’s largest subsidiary, Cincinnati Machine (fka as Cincinnati Milacron) in 2001. During his time at Cincinnati Machine, it was the largest machine tool company in the world.

Sennett left Cincinnati Machine in 2005 to start his own law firm providing general counsel type legal services to clients, which included serving as primary U.S. counsel for a major European manufacturing conglomerate with operations throughout the United States. He also acted as the outside general counsel to several other large manufacturing and service companies with operations throughout the United States.

In 2012, Sennett was named vice president, general counsel and secretary of Xtek, Inc., an employee-owned manufacturing company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio with operations in the United States, Canada, and Europe.  While at Xtek, he served as the principal advisor to the company’s board of directors, was a member of the company’s executive committee and spearheaded several major strategic acquisitions.

He retired from his position at Xtek in December 2022.