diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 261eeb9e..57470c4c 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
       same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
       identification within third-party archives.
 
-   Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
+   Copyright 2019 Dynatrace LLC
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/pkg/utils/cmdUtils.go b/pkg/utils/cmdUtils.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6d4ef77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utils/cmdUtils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// ExecuteCommand exectues the command using the args
+func ExecuteCommand(command string, args []string) error {
+	cmd := exec.Command(command, args...)
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error executing command %s %s: %s", command, strings.Join(args, " "), err.Error())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/gitHubUtils.go b/pkg/utils/gitHubUtils.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b32f37b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utils/gitHubUtils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4"
+	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/config"
+	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing"
+	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing/transport/http"
+)
+
+// CheckoutConfiguration clons a GitHub repo and checks out the specified branch
+func CheckoutConfiguration(gitHubOrg string, project string, branch string) (*git.Repository, error) {
+
+	err := os.RemoveAll(project)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var repo *git.Repository
+	if os.Getenv("GITHUB_USERNAME") != "" && os.Getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN") != "" {
+		// If credentials are available, use them
+		repo, err = git.PlainClone(project, false, &git.CloneOptions{
+			URL: "https://github.com/" + gitHubOrg + "/" + project + ".git",
+			Auth: &http.BasicAuth{
+				Username: os.Getenv("GITHUB_USERNAME"), // anything except an empty string
+				Password: os.Getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN"),
+			},
+		})
+	} else {
+		repo, err = git.PlainClone(project, false, &git.CloneOptions{
+			URL: "https://github.com/" + gitHubOrg + "/" + project + ".git",
+		})
+	}
+	w, err := repo.Worktree()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = repo.Fetch(&git.FetchOptions{
+		RefSpecs: []config.RefSpec{"refs/*:refs/*", "HEAD:refs/heads/HEAD"},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Checking out branch
+	return repo, w.Checkout(&git.CheckoutOptions{
+		Branch: plumbing.ReferenceName(fmt.Sprintf("refs/heads/%s", branch)),
+		Force:  true,
+	})
+}
+
+// CheckoutPrevCommit moves the HEAD pointer to the previous commit. It returns the original HEAD.
+func CheckoutPrevCommit(repo *git.Repository) (*plumbing.Reference, error) {
+
+	ref, err := repo.Head()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	commitIter, err := repo.Log(&git.LogOptions{From: ref.Hash()})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	_, err = commitIter.Next()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	c, err := commitIter.Next()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	w, err := repo.Worktree()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return ref, w.Checkout(&git.CheckoutOptions{
+		Hash: c.Hash,
+	})
+}
+
+// CheckoutReference moves the HEAD pointer to the specified reference.
+func CheckoutReference(repo *git.Repository, ref *plumbing.Reference) error {
+
+	w, err := repo.Worktree()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return w.Checkout(&git.CheckoutOptions{
+		Hash: ref.Hash(),
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/kubeUtils.go b/pkg/utils/kubeUtils.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0225247f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utils/kubeUtils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func DoHelmUpgrade(project string, stage string) error {
+	helmChart := fmt.Sprintf("%s/helm-chart", project)
+	projectStage := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", project, stage)
+	err := ExecuteCommand("helm", []string{"init", "--client-only"})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = ExecuteCommand("helm", []string{"dep", "update", helmChart})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return ExecuteCommand("helm", []string{"upgrade", "--install", projectStage, helmChart, "--namespace", projectStage})
+}
+
+func CheckDeploymentRolloutStatus(serviceName string, namespace string) error {
+
+	return ExecuteCommand("kubectl", []string{"rollout", "status", "deployment/" + serviceName, "--namespace", namespace})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/logger.go b/pkg/utils/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77735231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utils/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+type keptnLogMessage struct {
+	KeptnContext string `json:"keptnContext"`
+	Message      string `json:"message"`
+	KeptnService string `json:"keptnService"`
+	LogLevel     string `json:"logLevel"`
+}
+
+const serviceName = "deploy-service"
+
+// Info logs an info message
+func Info(keptnContext string, message string) {
+	printLogMessage(keptnLogMessage{KeptnContext: keptnContext, Message: message, KeptnService: serviceName, LogLevel: "INFO"})
+}
+
+// Error logs an error message
+func Error(keptnContext string, message string) {
+	printLogMessage(keptnLogMessage{KeptnContext: keptnContext, Message: message, KeptnService: serviceName, LogLevel: "ERROR"})
+}
+
+// Debug logs a debug message
+func Debug(keptnContext string, message string) {
+	printLogMessage(keptnLogMessage{KeptnContext: keptnContext, Message: message, KeptnService: serviceName, LogLevel: "DEBUG"})
+}
+
+func printLogMessage(logMessage keptnLogMessage) {
+	logString, err := json.Marshal(logMessage)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Could not log keptn log message")
+		return
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(string(logString))
+}