EXHIBIT 31.1

                              OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
                            PURSUANT TO SECTION 302*

I, Richard Wade, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 2004
of Vertical Computer Systems, 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 small business
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The small business issuer'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 small business issuer 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 small business
issuer, 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) Omitted;

                  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer'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 small  business
issuer's  internal  control over financial  reporting  that occurred  during the
small business  issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's
fourth  fiscal  quarter  in the case of an annual  report)  that has  materially
affected,  or is reasonably  likely to  materially  affect,  the small  business
issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to the small  business  issuer's  auditors and the audit  committee of the small
business  issuer'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 small business  issuer'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 small business
issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:    March 30, 2005                        By:      /s/ Richard Wade
                                                        ----------------
                                               Name:    Richard Wade
                                               Title:   Chief Executive Officer

*The introductory  portion of paragraph 4 of the Section 302 certification  that
refers  to  the  certifying   officers'   responsibility  for  establishing  and
maintaining  internal control over financial  reporting for the company, as well
as paragraph  4(b),  have been omitted in  accordance  with Release No.  33-8545
(March 2,  2005)  because  the  compliance  period has been  extended  for small
business issuers until the first fiscal year ending on or after July 15, 2006.