diff --git a/util/tracing/otlptracegrpc/client.go b/util/tracing/otlptracegrpc/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a101cab27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/tracing/otlptracegrpc/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package otlptracegrpc // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc"
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace"
+
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+
+	coltracepb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/collector/trace/v1"
+	tracepb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/trace/v1"
+)
+
+type client struct {
+	connection *Connection
+
+	lock         sync.Mutex
+	tracesClient coltracepb.TraceServiceClient
+}
+
+var _ otlptrace.Client = (*client)(nil)
+
+var (
+	errNoClient = errors.New("no client")
+)
+
+// NewClient creates a new gRPC trace client.
+func NewClient(cc *grpc.ClientConn) otlptrace.Client {
+	c := &client{}
+	c.connection = NewConnection(cc, c.handleNewConnection)
+
+	return c
+}
+
+func (c *client) handleNewConnection(cc *grpc.ClientConn) {
+	c.lock.Lock()
+	defer c.lock.Unlock()
+	if cc != nil {
+		c.tracesClient = coltracepb.NewTraceServiceClient(cc)
+	} else {
+		c.tracesClient = nil
+	}
+}
+
+// Start establishes a connection to the collector.
+func (c *client) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return c.connection.StartConnection(ctx)
+}
+
+// Stop shuts down the connection to the collector.
+func (c *client) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return c.connection.Shutdown(ctx)
+}
+
+// UploadTraces sends a batch of spans to the collector.
+func (c *client) UploadTraces(ctx context.Context, protoSpans []*tracepb.ResourceSpans) error {
+	if !c.connection.Connected() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("traces exporter is disconnected from the server: %w", c.connection.LastConnectError())
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := c.connection.ContextWithStop(ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+	ctx, tCancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 30*time.Second)
+	defer tCancel()
+
+	ctx = c.connection.ContextWithMetadata(ctx)
+	err := func() error {
+		c.lock.Lock()
+		defer c.lock.Unlock()
+		if c.tracesClient == nil {
+			return errNoClient
+		}
+
+		_, err := c.tracesClient.Export(ctx, &coltracepb.ExportTraceServiceRequest{
+			ResourceSpans: protoSpans,
+		})
+		return err
+	}()
+	if err != nil {
+		c.connection.SetStateDisconnected(err)
+	}
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/util/tracing/otlptracegrpc/connection.go b/util/tracing/otlptracegrpc/connection.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a24488219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/tracing/otlptracegrpc/connection.go
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package otlptracegrpc
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"math/rand"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
+)
+
+type Connection struct {
+	// Ensure pointer is 64-bit aligned for atomic operations on both 32 and 64 bit machines.
+	lastConnectErrPtr unsafe.Pointer
+
+	// mu protects the Connection as it is accessed by the
+	// exporter goroutines and background Connection goroutine
+	mu sync.Mutex
+	cc *grpc.ClientConn
+
+	// these fields are read-only after constructor is finished
+	metadata             metadata.MD
+	newConnectionHandler func(cc *grpc.ClientConn)
+
+	// these channels are created once
+	disconnectedCh             chan bool
+	backgroundConnectionDoneCh chan struct{}
+	stopCh                     chan struct{}
+
+	// this is for tests, so they can replace the closing
+	// routine without a worry of modifying some global variable
+	// or changing it back to original after the test is done
+	closeBackgroundConnectionDoneCh func(ch chan struct{})
+}
+
+func NewConnection(cc *grpc.ClientConn, handler func(cc *grpc.ClientConn)) *Connection {
+	c := new(Connection)
+	c.newConnectionHandler = handler
+	c.cc = cc
+	c.closeBackgroundConnectionDoneCh = func(ch chan struct{}) {
+		close(ch)
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
+func (c *Connection) StartConnection(ctx context.Context) error {
+	c.stopCh = make(chan struct{})
+	c.disconnectedCh = make(chan bool, 1)
+	c.backgroundConnectionDoneCh = make(chan struct{})
+
+	if err := c.connect(ctx); err == nil {
+		c.setStateConnected()
+	} else {
+		c.SetStateDisconnected(err)
+	}
+	go c.indefiniteBackgroundConnection()
+
+	// TODO: proper error handling when initializing connections.
+	// We can report permanent errors, e.g., invalid settings.
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *Connection) LastConnectError() error {
+	errPtr := (*error)(atomic.LoadPointer(&c.lastConnectErrPtr))
+	if errPtr == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return *errPtr
+}
+
+func (c *Connection) saveLastConnectError(err error) {
+	var errPtr *error
+	if err != nil {
+		errPtr = &err
+	}
+	atomic.StorePointer(&c.lastConnectErrPtr, unsafe.Pointer(errPtr))
+}
+
+func (c *Connection) SetStateDisconnected(err error) {
+	c.saveLastConnectError(err)
+	select {
+	case c.disconnectedCh <- true:
+	default:
+	}
+	c.newConnectionHandler(nil)
+}
+
+func (c *Connection) setStateConnected() {
+	c.saveLastConnectError(nil)
+}
+
+func (c *Connection) Connected() bool {
+	return c.LastConnectError() == nil
+}
+
+const defaultConnReattemptPeriod = 10 * time.Second
+
+func (c *Connection) indefiniteBackgroundConnection() {
+	defer func() {
+		c.closeBackgroundConnectionDoneCh(c.backgroundConnectionDoneCh)
+	}()
+
+	connReattemptPeriod := defaultConnReattemptPeriod
+
+	// No strong seeding required, nano time can
+	// already help with pseudo uniqueness.
+	rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano() + rand.Int63n(1024)))
+
+	// maxJitterNanos: 70% of the connectionReattemptPeriod
+	maxJitterNanos := int64(0.7 * float64(connReattemptPeriod))
+
+	for {
+		// Otherwise these will be the normal scenarios to enable
+		// reconnection if we trip out.
+		// 1. If we've stopped, return entirely
+		// 2. Otherwise block until we are disconnected, and
+		//    then retry connecting
+		select {
+		case <-c.stopCh:
+			return
+
+		case <-c.disconnectedCh:
+			// Quickly check if we haven't stopped at the
+			// same time.
+			select {
+			case <-c.stopCh:
+				return
+
+			default:
+			}
+
+			// Normal scenario that we'll wait for
+		}
+
+		if err := c.connect(context.Background()); err == nil {
+			c.setStateConnected()
+		} else {
+			// this code is unreachable in most cases
+			// c.connect does not establish Connection
+			c.SetStateDisconnected(err)
+		}
+
+		// Apply some jitter to avoid lockstep retrials of other
+		// collector-exporters. Lockstep retrials could result in an
+		// innocent DDOS, by clogging the machine's resources and network.
+		jitter := time.Duration(rng.Int63n(maxJitterNanos))
+		select {
+		case <-c.stopCh:
+			return
+		case <-time.After(connReattemptPeriod + jitter):
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Connection) connect(ctx context.Context) error {
+	c.newConnectionHandler(c.cc)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *Connection) ContextWithMetadata(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
+	if c.metadata.Len() > 0 {
+		return metadata.NewOutgoingContext(ctx, c.metadata)
+	}
+	return ctx
+}
+
+func (c *Connection) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
+	close(c.stopCh)
+	// Ensure that the backgroundConnector returns
+	select {
+	case <-c.backgroundConnectionDoneCh:
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return ctx.Err()
+	}
+
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	cc := c.cc
+	c.cc = nil
+	c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if cc != nil {
+		return cc.Close()
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *Connection) ContextWithStop(ctx context.Context) (context.Context, context.CancelFunc) {
+	// Unify the parent context Done signal with the Connection's
+	// stop channel.
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	go func(ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc) {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			// Nothing to do, either cancelled or deadline
+			// happened.
+		case <-c.stopCh:
+			cancel()
+		}
+	}(ctx, cancel)
+	return ctx, cancel
+}
diff --git a/util/tracing/tracetransform/attribute.go b/util/tracing/tracetransform/attribute.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bf8ccecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/tracing/tracetransform/attribute.go
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package tracetransform
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	commonpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/common/v1"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
+)
+
+// Attributes transforms a slice of KeyValues into a slice of OTLP attribute key-values.
+func Attributes(attrs []attribute.KeyValue) []*commonpb.KeyValue {
+	if len(attrs) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	out := make([]*commonpb.KeyValue, 0, len(attrs))
+	for _, kv := range attrs {
+		out = append(out, toAttribute(kv))
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// ResourceAttributes transforms a Resource into a slice of OTLP attribute key-values.
+func ResourceAttributes(resource *resource.Resource) []*commonpb.KeyValue {
+	if resource.Len() == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	out := make([]*commonpb.KeyValue, 0, resource.Len())
+	for iter := resource.Iter(); iter.Next(); {
+		out = append(out, toAttribute(iter.Attribute()))
+	}
+
+	return out
+}
+
+func toAttribute(v attribute.KeyValue) *commonpb.KeyValue {
+	result := &commonpb.KeyValue{
+		Key:   string(v.Key),
+		Value: new(commonpb.AnyValue),
+	}
+	switch v.Value.Type() {
+	case attribute.BOOL:
+		result.Value.Value = &commonpb.AnyValue_BoolValue{
+			BoolValue: v.Value.AsBool(),
+		}
+	case attribute.INT64:
+		result.Value.Value = &commonpb.AnyValue_IntValue{
+			IntValue: v.Value.AsInt64(),
+		}
+	case attribute.FLOAT64:
+		result.Value.Value = &commonpb.AnyValue_DoubleValue{
+			DoubleValue: v.Value.AsFloat64(),
+		}
+	case attribute.STRING:
+		result.Value.Value = &commonpb.AnyValue_StringValue{
+			StringValue: v.Value.AsString(),
+		}
+	case attribute.ARRAY:
+		result.Value.Value = &commonpb.AnyValue_ArrayValue{
+			ArrayValue: &commonpb.ArrayValue{
+				Values: arrayValues(v),
+			},
+		}
+	default:
+		result.Value.Value = &commonpb.AnyValue_StringValue{
+			StringValue: "INVALID",
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+func arrayValues(kv attribute.KeyValue) []*commonpb.AnyValue {
+	a := kv.Value.AsArray()
+	aType := reflect.TypeOf(a)
+	var valueFunc func(reflect.Value) *commonpb.AnyValue
+	switch aType.Elem().Kind() {
+	case reflect.Bool:
+		valueFunc = func(v reflect.Value) *commonpb.AnyValue {
+			return &commonpb.AnyValue{
+				Value: &commonpb.AnyValue_BoolValue{
+					BoolValue: v.Bool(),
+				},
+			}
+		}
+	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int64:
+		valueFunc = func(v reflect.Value) *commonpb.AnyValue {
+			return &commonpb.AnyValue{
+				Value: &commonpb.AnyValue_IntValue{
+					IntValue: v.Int(),
+				},
+			}
+		}
+	case reflect.Uintptr:
+		valueFunc = func(v reflect.Value) *commonpb.AnyValue {
+			return &commonpb.AnyValue{
+				Value: &commonpb.AnyValue_IntValue{
+					IntValue: int64(v.Uint()),
+				},
+			}
+		}
+	case reflect.Float64:
+		valueFunc = func(v reflect.Value) *commonpb.AnyValue {
+			return &commonpb.AnyValue{
+				Value: &commonpb.AnyValue_DoubleValue{
+					DoubleValue: v.Float(),
+				},
+			}
+		}
+	case reflect.String:
+		valueFunc = func(v reflect.Value) *commonpb.AnyValue {
+			return &commonpb.AnyValue{
+				Value: &commonpb.AnyValue_StringValue{
+					StringValue: v.String(),
+				},
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	results := make([]*commonpb.AnyValue, aType.Len())
+	for i, aValue := 0, reflect.ValueOf(a); i < aValue.Len(); i++ {
+		results[i] = valueFunc(aValue.Index(i))
+	}
+	return results
+}
diff --git a/util/tracing/tracetransform/instrumentation.go b/util/tracing/tracetransform/instrumentation.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81875a575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/tracing/tracetransform/instrumentation.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package tracetransform
+
+import (
+	commonpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/common/v1"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
+)
+
+func InstrumentationLibrary(il instrumentation.Library) *commonpb.InstrumentationLibrary {
+	if il == (instrumentation.Library{}) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &commonpb.InstrumentationLibrary{
+		Name:    il.Name,
+		Version: il.Version,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util/tracing/tracetransform/resource.go b/util/tracing/tracetransform/resource.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..018d0fb25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/tracing/tracetransform/resource.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package tracetransform
+
+import (
+	resourcepb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/resource/v1"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
+)
+
+// Resource transforms a Resource into an OTLP Resource.
+func Resource(r *resource.Resource) *resourcepb.Resource {
+	if r == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &resourcepb.Resource{Attributes: ResourceAttributes(r)}
+}
diff --git a/util/tracing/tracetransform/span.go b/util/tracing/tracetransform/span.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e455204a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/tracing/tracetransform/span.go
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package tracetransform
+
+import (
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
+	tracepb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/trace/v1"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
+	tracesdk "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+)
+
+const (
+	maxEventsPerSpan = 128
+)
+
+// Spans transforms a slice of OpenTelemetry spans into a slice of OTLP
+// ResourceSpans.
+func Spans(sdl []tracesdk.ReadOnlySpan) []*tracepb.ResourceSpans {
+	if len(sdl) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	rsm := make(map[attribute.Distinct]*tracepb.ResourceSpans)
+
+	type ilsKey struct {
+		r  attribute.Distinct
+		il instrumentation.Library
+	}
+	ilsm := make(map[ilsKey]*tracepb.InstrumentationLibrarySpans)
+
+	var resources int
+	for _, sd := range sdl {
+		if sd == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		rKey := sd.Resource().Equivalent()
+		iKey := ilsKey{
+			r:  rKey,
+			il: sd.InstrumentationLibrary(),
+		}
+		ils, iOk := ilsm[iKey]
+		if !iOk {
+			// Either the resource or instrumentation library were unknown.
+			ils = &tracepb.InstrumentationLibrarySpans{
+				InstrumentationLibrary: InstrumentationLibrary(sd.InstrumentationLibrary()),
+				Spans:                  []*tracepb.Span{},
+			}
+		}
+		ils.Spans = append(ils.Spans, span(sd))
+		ilsm[iKey] = ils
+
+		rs, rOk := rsm[rKey]
+		if !rOk {
+			resources++
+			// The resource was unknown.
+			rs = &tracepb.ResourceSpans{
+				Resource:                    Resource(sd.Resource()),
+				InstrumentationLibrarySpans: []*tracepb.InstrumentationLibrarySpans{ils},
+			}
+			rsm[rKey] = rs
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// The resource has been seen before. Check if the instrumentation
+		// library lookup was unknown because if so we need to add it to the
+		// ResourceSpans. Otherwise, the instrumentation library has already
+		// been seen and the append we did above will be included it in the
+		// InstrumentationLibrarySpans reference.
+		if !iOk {
+			rs.InstrumentationLibrarySpans = append(rs.InstrumentationLibrarySpans, ils)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Transform the categorized map into a slice
+	rss := make([]*tracepb.ResourceSpans, 0, resources)
+	for _, rs := range rsm {
+		rss = append(rss, rs)
+	}
+	return rss
+}
+
+// span transforms a Span into an OTLP span.
+func span(sd tracesdk.ReadOnlySpan) *tracepb.Span {
+	if sd == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	tid := sd.SpanContext().TraceID()
+	sid := sd.SpanContext().SpanID()
+
+	s := &tracepb.Span{
+		TraceId:                tid[:],
+		SpanId:                 sid[:],
+		TraceState:             sd.SpanContext().TraceState().String(),
+		Status:                 status(sd.Status().Code, sd.Status().Description),
+		StartTimeUnixNano:      uint64(sd.StartTime().UnixNano()),
+		EndTimeUnixNano:        uint64(sd.EndTime().UnixNano()),
+		Links:                  links(sd.Links()),
+		Kind:                   spanKind(sd.SpanKind()),
+		Name:                   sd.Name(),
+		Attributes:             Attributes(sd.Attributes()),
+		Events:                 spanEvents(sd.Events()),
+		DroppedAttributesCount: uint32(sd.DroppedAttributes()),
+		DroppedEventsCount:     uint32(sd.DroppedEvents()),
+		DroppedLinksCount:      uint32(sd.DroppedLinks()),
+	}
+
+	if psid := sd.Parent().SpanID(); psid.IsValid() {
+		s.ParentSpanId = psid[:]
+	}
+
+	return s
+}
+
+// status transform a span code and message into an OTLP span status.
+func status(status codes.Code, message string) *tracepb.Status {
+	var c tracepb.Status_StatusCode
+	switch status {
+	case codes.Error:
+		c = tracepb.Status_STATUS_CODE_ERROR
+	default:
+		c = tracepb.Status_STATUS_CODE_OK
+	}
+	return &tracepb.Status{
+		Code:    c,
+		Message: message,
+	}
+}
+
+// links transforms span Links to OTLP span links.
+func links(links []trace.Link) []*tracepb.Span_Link {
+	if len(links) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	sl := make([]*tracepb.Span_Link, 0, len(links))
+	for _, otLink := range links {
+		// This redefinition is necessary to prevent otLink.*ID[:] copies
+		// being reused -- in short we need a new otLink per iteration.
+		otLink := otLink
+
+		tid := otLink.SpanContext.TraceID()
+		sid := otLink.SpanContext.SpanID()
+
+		sl = append(sl, &tracepb.Span_Link{
+			TraceId:    tid[:],
+			SpanId:     sid[:],
+			Attributes: Attributes(otLink.Attributes),
+		})
+	}
+	return sl
+}
+
+// spanEvents transforms span Events to an OTLP span events.
+func spanEvents(es []tracesdk.Event) []*tracepb.Span_Event {
+	if len(es) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	evCount := len(es)
+	if evCount > maxEventsPerSpan {
+		evCount = maxEventsPerSpan
+	}
+	events := make([]*tracepb.Span_Event, 0, evCount)
+	nEvents := 0
+
+	// Transform message events
+	for _, e := range es {
+		if nEvents >= maxEventsPerSpan {
+			break
+		}
+		nEvents++
+		events = append(events,
+			&tracepb.Span_Event{
+				Name:         e.Name,
+				TimeUnixNano: uint64(e.Time.UnixNano()),
+				Attributes:   Attributes(e.Attributes),
+				// TODO (rghetia) : Add Drop Counts when supported.
+			},
+		)
+	}
+
+	return events
+}
+
+// spanKind transforms a SpanKind to an OTLP span kind.
+func spanKind(kind trace.SpanKind) tracepb.Span_SpanKind {
+	switch kind {
+	case trace.SpanKindInternal:
+		return tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_INTERNAL
+	case trace.SpanKindClient:
+		return tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_CLIENT
+	case trace.SpanKindServer:
+		return tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_SERVER
+	case trace.SpanKindProducer:
+		return tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_PRODUCER
+	case trace.SpanKindConsumer:
+		return tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_CONSUMER
+	default:
+		return tracepb.Span_SPAN_KIND_UNSPECIFIED
+	}
+}