Exhibit 31.1



CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 13A-14 OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT

TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF
2002



In connection with the Quarterly Report of Compass Knowledge
Holdings, Inc. (the Company) on Form 10-QSB for the period ending June 30, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Daniel J. Devine, President and Treasurer of the
Company, certify that:



| | 1. |  | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Compass Knowledge Holdings, Inc.
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| | 2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this 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 report;
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| | 3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this 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 report;
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| | 4. |  | The registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a 15(e)
and 15d 15(e)) for the registrant and have:
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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 report is being prepared;



b)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this 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 such evaluation; and



d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control 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(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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a)    all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report



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financial information; and



b)    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.





/s/  Daniel J. Devine

Daniel J. Devine

President and Treasurer

August 13, 2003



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