diff --git a/profiling/nvprof-connector/CMakeLists.txt b/profiling/nvtx-connector/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from profiling/nvprof-connector/CMakeLists.txt
rename to profiling/nvtx-connector/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/profiling/nvprof-connector/Makefile b/profiling/nvtx-connector/Makefile
similarity index 69%
rename from profiling/nvprof-connector/Makefile
rename to profiling/nvtx-connector/Makefile
index bff0a30cf..8dac2a446 100644
--- a/profiling/nvprof-connector/Makefile
+++ b/profiling/nvtx-connector/Makefile
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ LDFLAGS=-L$(CUDA_ROOT)/lib64
 LIBS=-lnvToolsExt
 SHARED_CXXFLAGS=-shared -fPIC
 
-all: kp_nvprof_connector.so
+all: kp_nvtx_connector.so
 
 MAKEFILE_PATH := $(subst Makefile,,$(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 
 CXXFLAGS+=-I${MAKEFILE_PATH} -I${MAKEFILE_PATH}/../../common/makefile-only -I${MAKEFILE_PATH}../all
 
-kp_nvprof_connector.so: ${MAKEFILE_PATH}kp_nvprof_connector.cpp
+kp_nvtx_connector.so: ${MAKEFILE_PATH}kp_nvtx_connector.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(SHARED_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) \
-		-o $@ ${MAKEFILE_PATH}kp_nvprof_connector.cpp $(LIBS)
+		-o $@ ${MAKEFILE_PATH}kp_nvtx_connector.cpp $(LIBS)
 
 clean:
-	rm *.so
+	rm -f kp_nvtx_connector.so
diff --git a/profiling/nvprof-connector/kp_nvprof_connector.cpp b/profiling/nvtx-connector/kp_nvtx_connector.cpp
similarity index 91%
rename from profiling/nvprof-connector/kp_nvprof_connector.cpp
rename to profiling/nvtx-connector/kp_nvtx_connector.cpp
index 2db81ff29..dd845e75f 100644
--- a/profiling/nvprof-connector/kp_nvprof_connector.cpp
+++ b/profiling/nvtx-connector/kp_nvtx_connector.cpp
@@ -124,6 +124,21 @@ void kokkosp_stop_profile_section(const uint32_t sID) {
   nvtxRangeEnd(section.id);
 }
 
+void kokkosp_profile_event(const char* name) { nvtxMarkA(name); }
+
+void kokkosp_begin_fence(const char* name, const uint32_t deviceId,
+                         uint64_t* handle) {
+  if (nullptr == name) {
+    name = "anon. Kokkos fence";
+  }
+  nvtxRangeId_t id = nvtxRangeStartA(name);
+  *handle          = id;  // handle will be provided back to end_fence
+}
+void kokkosp_end_fence(uint64_t handle) {
+  nvtxRangeId_t id = handle;
+  nvtxRangeEnd(id);
+}
+
 }  // namespace NVProfConnector
 }  // namespace KokkosTools
 
@@ -143,4 +158,4 @@ EXPOSE_END_PARALLEL_SCAN(impl::kokkosp_end_parallel_scan)
 EXPOSE_BEGIN_PARALLEL_REDUCE(impl::kokkosp_begin_parallel_reduce)
 EXPOSE_END_PARALLEL_REDUCE(impl::kokkosp_end_parallel_reduce)
 // TODO: expose section stuff
-}  // extern "C"
+}  // extern "C"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/profiling/nvprof-connector/kp_nvprof_connector_domain.h b/profiling/nvtx-connector/kp_nvtx_connector_domain.h
similarity index 100%
rename from profiling/nvprof-connector/kp_nvprof_connector_domain.h
rename to profiling/nvtx-connector/kp_nvtx_connector_domain.h