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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1
                                  CERTIFICATION

I, Emilian Elefteratos, Chief Executive Officer of SiVault Systems, Inc.,certify
that:

1.   I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of SiVault Systems,
     Inc.;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this Quarterly Report does not contain any untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
     make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
     statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
     this quarterly report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
     information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
     material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
     flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
     annual report;

4.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c)) for the registrant and we
     have:

          a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
          disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
          supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
          registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
          us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
          which this quarterly report is being prepared;

          b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
          and procedures, and presented in this quarterly report our conclusions
          about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as
          of the end of the period covered by this report based on our
          evaluation;

          c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
          controls over financial reporting that occurred during the
          registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
          fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
          affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
          registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, on our most
     recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting, to the
     audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
     the equivalent functions):

          a) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
          other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
          internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  February 14, 2005                                 /s/ Emilian Elefteratos
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                                                         Emilian Elefteratos,
                                                         Chief Executive Officer