**EXHIBIT 31.1**

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CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THESARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002     

| I, Marco A. Emrich,    the principal executive officer of SEDONA Corporation, certify that:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| 1.  I    have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of SEDONA Corporation;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| 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 in order        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 thisquarterly report;            |
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|  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 quarterly 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)          and15d-15(e)) 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 report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure          controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this    report based upon such evaluation; and |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (c) Disclosed in this report          any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting          that occurred during the registrants' most recent fiscal quarter that          has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,          the registrant's internal control overfinancial reporting; |
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| 5. The registrant's other certifying          officers 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 registrant's board of directors:                                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (a)          All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design          or operation of internal controls          over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect          the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial          data and have identified for the registrant's auditors any material    weaknesses in internal controls; and |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (b)          Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other          employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal    controls; and |
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| 6. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could  significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses. |

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| Dated: May 14, 2004 |   | /s/ MARCO A. EMRICH                          |   |
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|                |   | Marco A. Emrich                              |   |
|                |   | President and Chief Executive        Officer |   |
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