Bill Kaluski, a great friend of the industry, to retire from CDS Global December 15.

The staff at CDS Global Inc. (formerly Indas), Canada's largest fulfillment house, has been told that Bill Kaluski, the president and chief executive officer, is retiring December 15. No word yet on who will replace him.

Kaluski, whose influence has been felt as a major booster for the magazine industry in general and various professional development and industry events such as the National Magazine Awards, presided over the merger of Indas Ltd. into CDS in 2003 and its rebranding under the global corporate name a little over a year ago. (Pictured above is Kaluski with the Association of Circulation Executives (ACE) Special Award he received in 2007 for the exceptional ongoing support of the CMC and the publishing industry as a whole.)

[Disclosure: CDS Global advertises on this blog, something else that we can thank Bill for.]