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                                  EXHIBIT 31.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         I, Justin M. MacIntosh,  Chief Executive Officer of CorVu  Corporation,
         certify that:

         1.       I  have   reviewed   this  report  on  Form  10-QSB  of  CorVu
                  Corporation;

         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;

         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 small business  issuer as of,
                  and for, the periods presented in this report;

         4.       The small business issuer's other certifying officer 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 small  business  issuer and
                  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  small   business   issuer,   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 small business issuer'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

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

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

                  (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
                  small business issuer's ability to record, process,  summarize
                  and report financial information; and

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

Dated:  February 12, 2004               Signature: /s/ Justin M. MacIntosh
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                                                   Justin M. MacIntosh
                                                   Chief Executive Officer

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