diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 67014e6..fe5de65 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <kotlin.version>1.2.30</kotlin.version>
     </properties>
 
 
@@ -21,7 +22,67 @@
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <version>4.12</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
+            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kotlin-test</artifactId>
+            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>compile</id>
+                        <phase>compile</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>test-compile</id>
+                        <phase>test-compile</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>test-compile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <jvmTarget>1.8</jvmTarget>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>compile</id>
+                        <phase>compile</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>testCompile</id>
+                        <phase>test-compile</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>testCompile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtility.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtility.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ca32e28..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtility.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package com.zipcodewilmington.arrayutility;
-
-/**
- * Created by leon on 3/6/18.
- */
-public class ArrayUtility {
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtility.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtility.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb85c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtility.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package com.zipcodewilmington.arrayutility;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+/**
+ * Created by leon on 3/6/18.
+ */
+public class ArrayUtility<T>{
+
+    T[] array;
+
+
+    public ArrayUtility(T[] inputArray) {
+        this.array = inputArray;
+    }
+
+
+    public int getNumberOfOccurrences(T valueToEvaluate){
+        int count = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i ++){
+            if (array[i].equals(valueToEvaluate)){
+                count++;
+            }
+        }
+        return count;
+    }
+
+    public int countDuplicatesInMerge(T[] inputArray, T valueToEvaluate){
+        int count = 0;
+        for (T element : inputArray){
+            if (element.equals(valueToEvaluate)){
+                count++;
+            }
+        }
+        for (T element : this.array){
+            if (element.equals(valueToEvaluate)){
+                count++;
+            }
+        }
+        return count;
+    }
+    public T getMostCommonFromMerge(T[] inputArray){
+        int currentCount = 1;
+        int mostCommonCount;
+
+        T mostCommon = inputArray[0];
+        T tempCount;
+
+        for(int i = 1; i < inputArray.length-1; i++){
+            tempCount = inputArray[i];
+            mostCommonCount = 0;
+
+            for (int j = 0; j < inputArray.length; j++){
+                if (tempCount == inputArray[j]){
+                    mostCommonCount++;
+                }
+                if (mostCommonCount > currentCount){
+                    mostCommon = tempCount;
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+        return mostCommon;
+    }
+    public T[] removeValue(T valueToRemove){
+        int newSize = array.length - getNumberOfOccurrences(valueToRemove);
+
+        T[] result = Arrays.copyOf(this.array, newSize);
+        int index = 0;
+        
+        for (T value : this.array){
+            if (!value.equals(valueToRemove)){
+
+                result[index] = value;
+                index++;
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtilityTestSuite.java b/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtilityTestSuite.java
index 8413aae..7efa337 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtilityTestSuite.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/ArrayUtilityTestSuite.java
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
  * Created by leon on 3/1/18.
  * The purpose of this class is to test all classes within this package
  */
-@RunWith(Suite.class)
-
-@Suite.SuiteClasses({
-        CountDuplicatesInMergeTest.class,
-        GetMostCommonFromMergeTest.class,
-        GetNumberOfOccurrencesTest.class,
-        RemoveValueTest.class
-})
-public class ArrayUtilityTestSuite {
-}
+//@RunWith(Suite.class)
+//
+//@Suite.SuiteClasses({
+//        CountDuplicatesInMergeTest.class,
+//        GetMostCommonFromMergeTest.class,
+//        GetNumberOfOccurrencesTest.class,
+//        RemoveValueTest.class
+//})
+//public class ArrayUtilityTestSuite {
+//}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/RemoveValueTest.java b/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/RemoveValueTest.java
index d464896..1b82da0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/RemoveValueTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/arrayutility/RemoveValueTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington.arrayutility;
 
-import com.zipcodewilmington.UnitTestingUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**