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| 1. | I      have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Southwall Technologies      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      Chief Executive 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 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; |
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|   | 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; and |
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|   | 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 |
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| 5. | The      Chief Executive Officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent      valuation 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 financial information;  and |
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|   | (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. |   |
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| Date:      November 13, 2008 | By                                                      |
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|                         | /s/      Mallorie Burak                                      |   |
|                         |  Mallorie      BurakChief      Accounting Officer  |

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