diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 38467c32b4..2ff8db514f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,17 +3,11 @@ language: java
 dist: xenial
 
 jdk:
-  - openjdk8
+- openjdk8
 
 notifications:
   email: true
 
-env:
-  global:
-    - MVN_ARGS="--settings build/.travis.settings.xml"
-    - BINTRAY_ORG=ibm-cloud-sdks
-    - BINTRAY_REPO=vpc-java-sdk
-
 branches:
   except:
   - gh-pages
@@ -22,63 +16,65 @@ cache:
   directories:
   - "$HOME/.m2"
 
+env:
+  global:
+    - MVN_ARGS="--settings build/.travis.settings.xml"
+
+stages:
+  - name: Build-Test
+  - name: Semantic-Release
+    if: branch = main AND type = push AND fork = false
+  - name: Publish-Release
+    if: tag IS present
 
 before_install:
-- sudo apt-get update
-- sudo apt-get install python
-- nvm install 12
-- npm install -g npm@6.x
-- >-
-      [ -z "${TRAVIS_TAG}" ] && [ "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" == "false" ]
-      && openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_9d748cee9f61_key -iv $encrypted_9d748cee9f61_iv -in vpc.env.enc -out vpc.env -d
-      || true
-install:
-- curl -s https://codecov.io/bash > $HOME/codecov-bash.sh && chmod +x $HOME/codecov-bash.sh
+  - sudo apt-get update
+  - env | grep TRAVIS
 
-before_script:
-- echo "TRAVIS_TAG = '${TRAVIS_TAG}'"
-- >-
-      [ -n "${TRAVIS_TAG}" ]
-      && mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${TRAVIS_TAG} -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
-      || true
-script:
--  mvn clean verify -DskipITs $MVN_ARGS
+jobs:
+  include:
+    - stage: Build-Test
+      jdk: openjdk8
+      install:
+        - curl -s https://codecov.io/bash > $HOME/codecov-bash.sh && chmod +x $HOME/codecov-bash.sh
+      script:
+        - build/setMavenVersion.sh
+        - mvn verify -fae -DskipITs $MVN_ARGS
+      after_success:
+        - build/publishCodeCoverage.sh
 
-before_deploy:
-- pip install --user bump2version
-- npm install @semantic-release/changelog
-- npm install @semantic-release/exec
-- npm install @semantic-release/git
-- npm install @semantic-release/github
+    - stage: Semantic-Release
+      install:
+        - sudo apt-get install python
+        - nvm install 12
+        - npm install -g npm@6.x
+        - pip install --user bump2version
+        - npm install @semantic-release/changelog
+        - npm install @semantic-release/exec
+        - npm install @semantic-release/git
+        - npm install @semantic-release/github
+      script:
+        - npx semantic-release
+      after_success:
+        - echo "Semantic release has successfully created a new tagged-release"
 
-deploy:
-  # On master, run semrel to create a new tagged-release.
-  - provider: script
-    script: npx semantic-release
-    skip_cleanup: true
-    on:
-      branch: master
-  # Publish jars on bintray for a tagged release.
-  - provider: script
-    script:
-    - >-
-          mvn deploy $MVN_ARGS -DskipTests
-          && build/bintraySync.sh $BINTRAY_USER $BINTRAY_APIKEY $BINTRAY_ORG $BINTRAY_REPO $TRAVIS_TAG
-    skip_cleanup: true
-    on:
-      tags: true
+    - stage: Publish-Release
       jdk: openjdk8
-  # Publish javadocs to gh-pages only for a tagged-release.
-  - provider: script
-    script: "./build/publish-javadoc.sh"
-    skip_cleanup: true
-    on:
-      tags: true
-      jdk: openjdk8
-  # Upload code coverage reports to codecov.io for master or tagged release
-  - provider: script
-    script: $HOME/codecov-bash.sh -s modules/coverage-reports/target/site/jacoco-aggregate -t $CODECOV_TOKEN
-    skip_cleanup: true
-    on:
-      condition: $TRAVIS_BRANCH == master || -n "$TRAVIS_TAG"
-      jdk: openjdk8
\ No newline at end of file
+      name: Publish-Javadoc
+      install: true
+      script:
+        - build/setMavenVersion.sh
+        - mvn clean javadoc:aggregate $MVN_ARGS
+        - build/publishJavadoc.sh
+      after_success:
+        - echo "Javadocs successfully published to gh-pages!"
+
+    - jdk: openjdk8
+      name: Publish-To-Maven-Central
+      install: true
+      script:
+        - build/setupSigning.sh
+        - build/setMavenVersion.sh
+        - mvn deploy $MVN_ARGS -DskipTests -P central
+      after_success:
+        - echo "Maven artifacts successfully published to Maven Central!"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/.travis.settings.xml b/build/.travis.settings.xml
index b85c4f2c08..bb4f539a0d 100644
--- a/build/.travis.settings.xml
+++ b/build/.travis.settings.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
-  <servers>
-    <server>
-      <id>bintray</id>
-      <username>${env.BINTRAY_USER}</username>
-      <password>${env.BINTRAY_APIKEY}</password>
-    </server>
-  </servers>
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+    <servers>
+        <server>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <username>${env.OSSRH_USERNAME}</username>
+            <password>${env.OSSRH_PASSWORD}</password>
+        </server>
+    </servers>
 </settings>
diff --git a/build/bintraySync.sh b/build/bintraySync.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c220734c23..0000000000
--- a/build/bintraySync.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ $# -lt 5 ]
-then
-    echo "
- Syntax:
-      $0 <bintray-user> <bintray-apikey> <bintray-repo-owner> <bintray-reponame> <bintray-packageversion>>
- Example:
-      $0 btuser1 btapikey1 bintray-org1 bintray-repo1 0.0.1
-"
-
- exit 1
-fi
-
-user=$1
-apikey=$2
-subject=$3
-reponame=$4
-pkgversion=$5
-
-# List of maven artifacts to be sync'd from bintray to maven central"
-package_names="
-com.ibm.cloud:is
-com.ibm.cloud:vpc
-com.ibm.cloud:is-common"
-
-this_dir=`dirname "$0"`
-
-for pkg in ${package_names}
-do
-    $this_dir/sync2MC.sh $user $apikey $subject $reponame $pkg $pkgversion
-done
-
diff --git a/build/generate-index-html.sh b/build/generateJavadocIndex.sh
similarity index 68%
rename from build/generate-index-html.sh
rename to build/generateJavadocIndex.sh
index 0033649d2d..68beb6af97 100755
--- a/build/generate-index-html.sh
+++ b/build/generateJavadocIndex.sh
@@ -26,13 +26,5 @@ echo '<!DOCTYPE html>
 ls docs | grep --invert-match index.html | sed 's/^.*/<li><a href="docs\/&">&<\/a><\/li>/'
 echo '    </ul>
 </div>
-<script>
-    (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
-                (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
-            m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
-    })(window,document,"script","//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js","ga");
-    ga("create", "UA-59827755-4", "auto");
-    ga("send", "pageview");
-</script>
 </body>
 </html>'
diff --git a/build/publishCodeCoverage.sh b/build/publishCodeCoverage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d20a5a7008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/publishCodeCoverage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script will publish code coverage info for a build of the main branch
+# or a tagged release.
+
+if [[ -n "${TRAVIS_TAG}" || "${TRAVIS_BRANCH}" == "main" && "${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST}" == "false" ]]; then
+    printf ">>>>> Publishing code coverage info for branch: %s\n" ${TRAVIS_BRANCH}
+    $HOME/codecov-bash.sh -s modules/coverage-reports/target/site/jacoco-aggregate -t $CODECOV_TOKEN
+else
+    printf ">>>>> Bypassing code coverage publish step for feature branch/PR build.\n"
+fi
+     
diff --git a/build/publish-javadoc.sh b/build/publishJavadoc.sh
similarity index 72%
rename from build/publish-javadoc.sh
rename to build/publishJavadoc.sh
index dc67400da0..229d4f24df 100755
--- a/build/publish-javadoc.sh
+++ b/build/publishJavadoc.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# This script will publish the aggregated javadocs found in the project's "target" directory.
+# The javadocs are committed and pushed to the git repository's gh-pages branch.
+# Be sure to customize this file to reflect your SDK project's settings (git url, 
+
 # Avoid publishing javadocs for a PR build
 if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" ]; then
 
-    printf "\n>>>>> Publishing javadoc for release build: repo=%s branch=%s build_num=%s job_num=%s\n" ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG} ${TRAVIS_BRANCH} ${TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER} ${TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER}
+    printf "\n>>>>> Publishing javadoc for release build: repo=%s branch=%s build_num=%s job_num=%s\n" ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG} ${TRAVIS_BRANCH} ${TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER} ${TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER} 
 
-    printf "\n>>>>> Cloning repository's gh-pages branch into directory 'gh-pages'"
-    git clone --branch=gh-pages https://${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/IBM/vpc-java-sdk.git gh-pages
+    printf "\n>>>>> Cloning repository's gh-pages branch into directory 'gh-pages'\n"
+    rm -fr ./gh-pages
+    git clone --branch=gh-pages https://${GH_TOKEN}@XXXGH_URL_NOSCHEMEXXX.git gh-pages
 
     printf "\n>>>>> Finished cloning...\n"
 
-
+    
     pushd gh-pages
-
+    
     # Create a new directory for this branch/tag and copy the aggregated javadocs there.
     printf "\n>>>>> Copying aggregated javadocs to new tagged-release directory: %s\n" ${TRAVIS_BRANCH}
     rm -rf docs/${TRAVIS_BRANCH}
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@ if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" ]; then
     cp -rf ../target/site/apidocs/* docs/${TRAVIS_BRANCH}
 
     printf "\n>>>>> Generating gh-pages index.html...\n"
-    ../build/generate-index-html.sh > index.html
+    ../build/generateJavadocIndex.sh > index.html
 
     # Update the 'latest' symlink to point to this branch if it's a tagged release.
     if [ -n "$TRAVIS_TAG" ]; then
@@ -39,10 +44,10 @@ if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" ]; then
 
     popd
 
-    printf "\n>>>>> Published javadoc for release build: repo=%s branch=%s build_num=%s job_num=%s\n"  ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG} ${TRAVIS_BRANCH} ${TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER} ${TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER}
+    printf "\n>>>>> Published javadoc for release build: repo=%s branch=%s build_num=%s job_num=%s\n"  ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG} ${TRAVIS_BRANCH} ${TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER} ${TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER} 
 
 else
 
-    printf "\n>>>>> Javadoc publishing bypassed for non-release build: repo=%s branch=%s build_num=%s job_num=%s\n" ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG} ${TRAVIS_BRANCH} ${TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER} ${TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER}
+    printf "\n>>>>> Javadoc publishing bypassed for non-release build: repo=%s branch=%s build_num=%s job_num=%s\n" ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG} ${TRAVIS_BRANCH} ${TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER} ${TRAVIS_JOB_NUMBER} 
 
 fi
diff --git a/build/setMavenVersion.sh b/build/setMavenVersion.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..16194e4f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/setMavenVersion.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script will check $TRAVIS_TAG to see if we need to run maven to
+# set the artifact version #'s.
+
+if [[ -n "${TRAVIS_TAG}" ]]; then
+    printf "\n>>>>> Setting artifact version #'s to: %s\n" ${TRAVIS_TAG}
+    mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${TRAVIS_TAG} -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+else
+    printf "\n>>>>> Bypassing artifact version setting for non-tagged build\n"
+fi
+     
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/setupSigning.sh b/build/setupSigning.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5534899446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/setupSigning.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -x
+
+# This script is responsible for decrypting your encrypted signing key file
+# (build/signing.key.enc), and importing it into the gpg keystore.
+# This is done so that your maven build will be able to properly sign your jars
+# prior to publishing them on maven central.
+
+echo "Importing signing key..."
+
+# Modify the command below to use the correct environment variables
+# that were added to your Travis build settings when you encrypted your signing.key file.
+openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_4b7d603e7466_key -iv $encrypted_4b7d603e7466_iv -in build/signing.key.enc -out build/signing.key -d
+
+gpg --version
+gpg --fast-import build/signing.key
+rm build/signing.key
+
+echo "Signing key import finished!"
diff --git a/build/signing.key.enc b/build/signing.key.enc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80d981c8ce
Binary files /dev/null and b/build/signing.key.enc differ
diff --git a/modules/coverage-reports/pom.xml b/modules/coverage-reports/pom.xml
index 8acbca4a09..1b7e783174 100644
--- a/modules/coverage-reports/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/coverage-reports/pom.xml
@@ -36,16 +36,15 @@
         </dependency>
        </dependencies>
 
+       <properties>
+        <!-- There is no need to publish this module's artifacts on maven central -->
+            <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
+            <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+        </properties>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <!-- No need to deploy this artifact since it contains only coverage info -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.carrotgarden.maven</groupId>
-                <artifactId>bintray-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skip>true</skip>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb2056d7ce..3f51f362c6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
         <okhttp3-version>3.13.1</okhttp3-version>
         <surefire-version>3.0.0-M3</surefire-version>
         <jacoco-plugin-version>0.8.5</jacoco-plugin-version>
-        <bintray-plugin-version>1.5.20191113165555</bintray-plugin-version>
+        <nexus-staging-plugin-version>1.6.8</nexus-staging-plugin-version>
+        <maven-gpg-plugin-version>1.6</maven-gpg-plugin-version>
         <maven-deploy-plugin-version>3.0.0-M1</maven-deploy-plugin-version>
         <maven-source-plugin-version>3.1.0</maven-source-plugin-version>
         <maven-shade-plugin-version>3.2.2</maven-shade-plugin-version>
@@ -44,11 +45,6 @@
         <powermock-version>2.0.5</powermock-version>
         <mockito-version>3.2.4</mockito-version>
         <slf4j-version>1.7.28</slf4j-version>
-
-        <!-- Deployment-related properties -->
-        <bintray.org>ibm-cloud-sdks</bintray.org>
-        <bintray.repo>vpc-java-sdk</bintray.repo>
-        <bintray.package.url>https://github.com/IBM/vpc-java-sdk</bintray.package.url>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
@@ -57,9 +53,10 @@
 
         <!-- >>> List each service's module here -->
         <module>modules/vpc</module>
-        <module>modules/examples</module>
 
         <module>modules/coverage-reports</module>
+        <module>modules/examples</module>
+
     </modules>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -99,10 +96,6 @@
             <url>https://na.artifactory.swg-devops.com:443/artifactory/wcp-ibmcloud-sdks-team-maven-local/</url>
         </repository>
 
-        <repository>
-            <id>jcenter</id>
-            <url>https://jcenter.bintray.com/</url>
-        </repository>
     </repositories>
 
     <!-- This section is commented out because we use an alternate deploy plugin.
@@ -178,11 +171,6 @@
     <build>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>com.carrotgarden.maven</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>bintray-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${bintray-plugin-version}</version>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -338,29 +326,14 @@
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.0.0</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-                            <pluginExecutions>
-                                <pluginExecution>
-                                    <!-- Disable use of bintray:deploy during "Maven -> Update Project" in eclipse -->
-                                    <pluginExecutionFilter>
-                                        <groupId>com.carrotgarden.maven</groupId>
-                                        <artifactId>bintray-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                                        <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
-                                        <goals>
-                                            <goal>deploy</goal>
-                                        </goals>
-                                    </pluginExecutionFilter>
-                                    <action>
-                                        <ignore/>
-                                    </action>
-                                </pluginExecution>
-                            </pluginExecutions>
-                        </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
-                    </configuration>
+                    <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${nexus-staging-plugin-version}</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${maven-gpg-plugin-version}</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -506,5 +479,66 @@
             <url>https://www.ibm.com/</url>
         </developer>
     </developers>
-
+    <profiles>
+
+        <!-- "central" is used to deploy artifacts on maven central -->
+        <profile>
+            <id>central</id>
+
+            <!-- For this profile, we'll get dependencies from maven central -->
+            <repositories></repositories>
+
+            <distributionManagement>
+                <snapshotRepository>
+                    <!-- We don't deploy snapshot releases -->
+                </snapshotRepository>
+                <repository>
+                    <!-- This is where the nexus staging plugin will publish artifacts -->
+                    <id>ossrh</id>
+                    <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+                </repository>
+            </distributionManagement>
+
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <extensions>true</extensions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+                            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                            <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                            <keepStagingRepositoryOnCloseRuleFailure>true</keepStagingRepositoryOnCloseRuleFailure>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <gpgArguments>
+                                <gpgArgument>--batch</gpgArgument>
+                                <gpgArgument>--yes</gpgArgument>
+                                <gpgArgument>--no-tty</gpgArgument>
+                            </gpgArguments>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+            <properties>
+                <!-- Configure the gpg plugin to use the env vars defined in the Travis build settings -->
+                <gpg.keyname>${env.GPG_KEYNAME}</gpg.keyname>
+                <gpg.passphrase>${env.GPG_PASSPHRASE}</gpg.passphrase>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/vpc.env.enc b/vpc.env.enc
deleted file mode 100644
index e01e5f1ec4..0000000000
--- a/vpc.env.enc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
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