diff --git a/src/main/java/geode/kafka/sink/BatchRecords.java b/src/main/java/geode/kafka/sink/BatchRecords.java
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+package geode.kafka.sink;
+
+import org.apache.geode.cache.Region;
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.sink.SinkRecord;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * A collection of records to put/remove from a region
+ */
+public class BatchRecords {
+
+    private Map updateMap = new HashMap();
+    private List removeList = new ArrayList();
+
+    public void addRemoveOperation(SinkRecord record) {
+        //if a previous operation added to the update map
+        //let's just remove it so we don't do a put and then a remove
+        //depending on the order of operations (putAll then removeAll or removeAll or putAll)...
+        //...we could remove one of the if statements.
+        if (updateMap.containsKey(record.key())) {
+            updateMap.remove(record.key());
+        } else {
+            removeList.add(record.key());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void addUpdateOperation(SinkRecord record, boolean nullValuesMeansRemove) {
+        //it's assumed the records in are order
+        //if so if a previous value was in the remove list
+        // let's not remove it at the end of this operation
+        if (nullValuesMeansRemove) {
+            if (removeList.contains(record.key())) {
+                removeList.remove(record.key());
+            }
+        }
+        updateMap.put(record.key(), record.value());
+    }
+
+
+    public void executeOperations(Region region) {
+        region.putAll(updateMap);
+        region.removeAll(removeList);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/geode/kafka/sink/GeodeKafkaSinkTask.java b/src/main/java/geode/kafka/sink/GeodeKafkaSinkTask.java
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+package geode.kafka.sink;
+
+import geode.kafka.GeodeConnectorConfig;
+import geode.kafka.GeodeContext;
+import org.apache.geode.cache.Region;
+import org.apache.geode.cache.client.ClientRegionShortcut;
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.sink.SinkRecord;
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.sink.SinkTask;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+/**
+ * TODO javaDoc
+ * Currently force 1 region per task
+ */
+public class GeodeKafkaSinkTask extends SinkTask {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GeodeKafkaSinkTask.class);
+
+    GeodeContext geodeContext;
+    Map<String, List<String>> topicToRegions;
+    Map<String, Region> regionNameToRegion;
+    boolean nullValuesMeansRemove = true;
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String version() {
+        //TODO
+        return "unknown";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void start(Map<String, String> props) {
+        try {
+            GeodeConnectorConfig geodeConnectorConfig = new GeodeConnectorConfig(props);
+            logger.debug("GeodeKafkaSourceTask id:" + geodeConnectorConfig.getTaskId() + " starting");
+            geodeContext = new GeodeContext(geodeConnectorConfig);
+            topicToRegions = geodeConnectorConfig.getTopicToRegions();
+            regionNameToRegion = createProxyRegions(topicToRegions.values());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            logger.error("Unable to start sink task", e);
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void put(Collection<SinkRecord> records) {
+        //spin off a new thread to handle this operation?  Downside is ordering and retries...
+        Map<String, BatchRecords> batchRecordsMap = new HashMap<>();
+        for (SinkRecord record : records) {
+            updateRegionsByTopic(record, batchRecordsMap);
+        }
+        batchRecordsMap.entrySet().stream().forEach((entry) -> {
+            String region = entry.getKey();
+            BatchRecords batchRecords = entry.getValue();
+            batchRecords.executeOperations(regionNameToRegion.get(region));
+        });
+    }
+
+    private void updateRegionsByTopic(SinkRecord sinkRecord, Map<String, BatchRecords> batchRecordsMap) {
+        Collection<String> regionsToUpdate = topicToRegions.get(sinkRecord.topic());
+        for (String region : regionsToUpdate) {
+            updateBatchRecordsForRecord(sinkRecord, batchRecordsMap, region);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void updateBatchRecordsForRecord(SinkRecord record, Map<String, BatchRecords> batchRecordsMap, String region) {
+        BatchRecords batchRecords = batchRecordsMap.get(region);
+        if (batchRecords == null) {
+            batchRecords = new BatchRecords();
+            batchRecordsMap.put(region, batchRecords);
+        }
+        if (record.key() != null) {
+            if (record.value() == null && nullValuesMeansRemove) {
+                batchRecords.addRemoveOperation(record);
+            } else {
+                batchRecords.addUpdateOperation(record, nullValuesMeansRemove);
+            }
+        } else {
+            //Invest in configurable auto key generator?
+            logger.warn("Unable to push to Geode, missing key in record : " + record.value());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, Region> createProxyRegions(Collection<List<String>> regionNames) {
+        List<String> flat = regionNames.stream().flatMap(List::stream).collect(Collectors.toList());
+        return flat.stream().map(regionName -> createProxyRegion(regionName)).collect(Collectors.toMap(region->region.getName(), region -> region));
+    }
+
+    private Region createProxyRegion(String regionName) {
+        return geodeContext.getClientCache().createClientRegionFactory(ClientRegionShortcut.PROXY).create(regionName);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stop() {
+        geodeContext.getClientCache().close(false);
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/geode/kafka/sink/BatchRecordsTest.java b/src/test/java/geode/kafka/sink/BatchRecordsTest.java
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+package geode.kafka.sink;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class BatchRecordsTest {
+    @Test
+    public void updatingARecordShouldRemoveFromTheRemoveListIfNullValuesIsRemoveBooleanIsSet() {
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void updatingARecordShouldAddToTheUpdateMap() {
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void updatingARecordShouldNotRemoveFromTheRemoveListIfNullValuesIsNotSet() {
+
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void removingARecordShouldRemoveFromTheUpdateMap() {
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void removingARecordAddToTheRemoveCollection() {
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void executeOperationsShouldInvokePutAllAndRemoveAll() {
+
+    }
+
+
+
+}