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                                                                    Exhibit 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, Craig A. Vanderburg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Presidion
Corporation, certify that:

     1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
          December 31, 2003 of Presidion Corporation;

     2.   Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 periods covered by this report;

     3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
          information included in this annual 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;

     4.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I am responsible for
          establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
          defined in Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-15(e) and
          15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have : a) Designed such disclosure
          controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
          procedures to be designed under my 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 c) 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 and I have disclosed, based
          on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
          reporting to the registrant's auditors and the registrant'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 registrant'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 registrant's internal
          control over financial reporting,

Date: April 13, 2004

/S/ Craig A. Vanderburg
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Craig A. Vanderburg
President and Chief Executive Officer