Exhibit 31.1




Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of


Principal
Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302


of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002





I, Gary
O. Marino, certify that:





1.
            I have reviewed this quarterly
      report on Form 10-Q of B.H.I.T.
Inc.;




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 registrant as of, and for, the
      periods presented in this
report;




4.
            The registrant’s other certifying
      officer(s) 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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
      defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant
      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 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)Designed such internal
control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles;





(c)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
first 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):





(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: May
6, 2009





/s/
      Gary O. MarinoGary
      O. MarinoChairman
      and Chief Executive Officer(Principal
      Executive
Officer)