diff --git a/telemetryutils/factory.go b/telemetryutils/factory.go
index a6ba0cc..b9bc258 100644
--- a/telemetryutils/factory.go
+++ b/telemetryutils/factory.go
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package telemetryutils
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib/contextutils"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib/version"
 
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
@@ -93,3 +96,15 @@ func GetTracerProvider(serviceName string) rawtrace.TracerProvider {
 
 	return noopTracerProvider
 }
+
+func NewSpan(ctx context.Context, serviceName string, spanName string) (context.Context, rawtrace.Span) {
+	var attributes []attribute.KeyValue
+	for key, value := range contextutils.GetLogFields(ctx) {
+		if value, ok := value.(string); ok {
+			attributes = append(attributes, attribute.String(key, value))
+		}
+	}
+
+	tracerProvider := GetTracerProvider(serviceName)
+	return tracerProvider.Tracer("default").Start(ctx, spanName, rawtrace.WithAttributes(attributes...))
+}
diff --git a/telemetryutils/factory_test.go b/telemetryutils/factory_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3647ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/telemetryutils/factory_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package telemetryutils
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestRegisterTracerProvider(t *testing.T) {
+	serviceName := "foo"
+
+	// register tracer provider with no exporters
+	emptyConfig := Config{}
+	err := RegisterTracerProvider(serviceName, &emptyConfig)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	// validate no tracerProviders are registered
+	assert.Len(t, tracerProviders, 0)
+
+	// register tracer provider with all exporters
+	fullConfig := Config{
+		FileConfig: FileConfig{
+			Enabled:  true,
+			Filename: "/dev/null",
+		},
+		JaegerConfig: JaegerConfig{
+			Enabled: true,
+		},
+	}
+	err = RegisterTracerProvider(serviceName, &fullConfig)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	// validate tracerProvider is registered
+	assert.Len(t, tracerProviders, 1)
+}
+
+func TestNewSpan(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.TODO()
+	_, span := NewSpan(ctx, "bar", "baz/bat")
+	span.End()
+}
diff --git a/telemetryutils/utils.go b/telemetryutils/utils.go
deleted file mode 100644
index bed0920..0000000
--- a/telemetryutils/utils.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package telemetryutils
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib/contextutils"
-
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
-)
-
-func NewSpan(ctx context.Context, serviceName string, spanName string) (context.Context, trace.Span) {
-	var attributes []attribute.KeyValue
-	for key, value := range contextutils.GetLogFields(ctx) {
-		if value, ok := value.(string); ok {
-			attributes = append(attributes, attribute.String(key, value))
-		}
-	}
-
-	tracerProvider := GetTracerProvider(serviceName)
-	return tracerProvider.Tracer("default").Start(ctx, spanName, trace.WithAttributes(attributes...))
-}