diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 00c2d6a..605efec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,29 @@
             <groupId>io.projectreactor.addons</groupId>
             <artifactId>reactor-extra</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-
+        
+		<!-- Start - Dependencies for Opentelemetry lightstep -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+			<version>31.0.1-jre</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.lightstep.opentelemetry</groupId>
+			<artifactId>opentelemetry-launcher</artifactId>
+			<version>1.5.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+			<artifactId>opentelemetry-api</artifactId>
+			<version>1.7.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+			<artifactId>opentelemetry-extension-annotations</artifactId>
+			<version>1.7.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- End - Dependencies for Opentelemetry lightstep -->
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<!-- <build> -->
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/uci/utils/UtilAppConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/uci/utils/UtilAppConfiguration.java
index 6b5de67..558e13b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/uci/utils/UtilAppConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/uci/utils/UtilAppConfiguration.java
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 
 import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Cache;
 import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Caffeine;
+import com.lightstep.opentelemetry.launcher.OpenTelemetryConfiguration;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableAutoConfiguration
@@ -28,6 +32,21 @@ public class UtilAppConfiguration {
 	
 	@Value("${caffeine.cache.exprie.duration.seconds}")
 	public Integer cacheExpireDuration;
+
+	@Value("${opentelemetry.lightstep.service}")
+	private String lightstepService;
+	
+	@Value("${opentelemetry.lightstep.access.token}")
+	private String lightstepAccessToken;
+	
+	@Value("${opentelemetry.lightstep.end.point}")
+	private String lightstepEndPoint;
+	
+	@Value("${opentelemetry.lightstep.tracer}")
+	private String lightstepTracer;
+	
+	@Value("${opentelemetry.lightstep.tracer.version}")
+	private String lightstepTracerVersion;
 	
 	public Caffeine<Object, Object> caffeineCacheBuilder() {
 		return Caffeine.newBuilder()
@@ -45,5 +64,17 @@ public Cache<Object, Object> cache() {
 	public WebClient getWebClient() {
 		return WebClient.builder().baseUrl(CAMPAIGN_URL).defaultHeader("admin-token", CAMPAIGN_ADMIN_TOKEN).build();
 	}
+	
+	@Bean
+    public Tracer OpenTelemetryTracer() {
+        OpenTelemetryConfiguration.newBuilder()
+                .setServiceName(lightstepService)
+    	        .setAccessToken(lightstepAccessToken)
+    	        .setTracesEndpoint(lightstepEndPoint)
+                .install();
 
+        Tracer tracer = GlobalOpenTelemetry
+                .getTracer(lightstepTracer, lightstepTracerVersion);
+        return tracer;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/uci/utils/kafka/RecordProducer.java b/src/main/java/com/uci/utils/kafka/RecordProducer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe93c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/uci/utils/kafka/RecordProducer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package com.uci.utils.kafka;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.uci.utils.kafka.adapter.TextMapSetterAdapter;
+
+import io.fusionauth.jwt.domain.Header;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.context.Context;
+import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.TextMapGetter;
+import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.TextMapSetter;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.header.Headers;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.header.internals.RecordHeader;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
+import org.springframework.kafka.support.SendResult;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFutureCallback;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+
+@Service
+@Slf4j
+public class RecordProducer {
+
+    private final KafkaTemplate<String, String> producer;
+
+    public RecordProducer(KafkaTemplate<String, String> producer) {
+    	this.producer = producer;
+    }
+    
+    public void send(String topic, String message, Context currentContext) {
+    	List<RecordHeader> headers = Arrays.asList();
+    	ProducerRecord<String, String> record = new ProducerRecord(topic, null, "", message, headers);
+    	/* Propagate open telemetry current context by injecting it to kafka headers */
+    	GlobalOpenTelemetry.getPropagators().getTextMapPropagator().inject(currentContext, record.headers(), TextMapSetterAdapter.setter);
+//    	log.info("headers:"+record.headers());
+//    	Context extracted = GlobalOpenTelemetry.getPropagators().getTextMapPropagator().extract(Context.current(), record.headers(), getter);
+//        log.info("extracted: "+extracted);
+        
+    	producer
+                .send(record)
+                .addCallback(new ListenableFutureCallback<SendResult<String, String>>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void onFailure(@NotNull Throwable throwable) {
+                        log.error("Unable to push {} to {} topic due to {}", message, topic, throwable.getMessage());
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void onSuccess(SendResult<String, String> stringStringSendResult) {
+                        log.info("Pushed to topic {}", topic);
+                    }
+                });
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/uci/utils/kafka/adapter/TextMapGetterAdapter.java b/src/main/java/com/uci/utils/kafka/adapter/TextMapGetterAdapter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f30366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/uci/utils/kafka/adapter/TextMapGetterAdapter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.uci.utils.kafka.adapter;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.common.header.Headers;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.header.Header;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.TextMapGetter;
+
+public class TextMapGetterAdapter {
+	public static TextMapGetter<Headers> getter = new TextMapGetter<Headers>() {
+		@Override
+		public String get(Headers headers, String key) {
+			Header header = headers.lastHeader(key);
+			if (header == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			byte[] value = header.value();
+			if (value == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			return new String(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Iterable<String> keys(Headers headers) {
+			List<String> keyset = null;
+			headers.forEach(h -> {
+				String key = h.key();
+				keyset.add(key);
+			});
+			return keyset;
+		}
+	};
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/uci/utils/kafka/adapter/TextMapSetterAdapter.java b/src/main/java/com/uci/utils/kafka/adapter/TextMapSetterAdapter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fceedb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/uci/utils/kafka/adapter/TextMapSetterAdapter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.uci.utils.kafka.adapter;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.common.header.Headers;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.TextMapSetter;
+
+public class TextMapSetterAdapter {
+	public static TextMapSetter<Headers> setter = new TextMapSetter<Headers>() {
+		@Override
+		public void set(Headers headers, String key, String value) {
+			headers.remove(key).add(key, value.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+		}
+	};
+}