Exhibit 31.1

PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE
OFFICER CERTIFICATION

| | I,
Bruce Widener, certify that:
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|1. | I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Beacon Enterprise Solutions Group,
Inc.;
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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 to make the statement made, in
light of the circumstances under which statements were made, not misleading with respect
to the period covered by this quarterly 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 small business issuer as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report.
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|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:
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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 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;
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| | (b)
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
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| | (c)
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
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|5. |  | The
small business issuers other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small
business issuers auditors and the audit committee of small business issuers board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
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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 small business issuer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 small business issuers internal control over financial
reporting.
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|Date: August 19, 2008 |  | /s/ Bruce Widener                                                                             
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|                      |  | Bruce Widener 
                                                    Principal Executive Officer