Exhibit 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION


In connection with the Annual Report of Convera  Corporation  (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2004 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I,  Patrick C. Condo,
President  and Chief  Executive  Officer of the  Company,  certify,  pursuant to
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14, that:

(1)      I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Convera Corporation;

(2)  Based on my  knowledge,  this  annual  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 annual report;

(3)  Based on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
     information included in this annual 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 annual report;

(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) and  15d-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  annual  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 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  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 the registrant's board
     of  directors  (or persons  performing  the  equivalent  function):

          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.



By: /s/ Patrick C. Condo
Patrick C. Condo
President and Chief Executive Officer
April 26, 2004