----

**Exhibit      31.1**

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

|   | 1. | I                have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter                ended                June 30, 2007 of Verso Technologies, 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)) 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)    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(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): |
|--------|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | /s/                Steven A.                Odom                                                        Steven                A. Odom,Chief                Executive Officer and Executive                Chairman |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|