**Exhibit 31.1**

**CERTIFICATIONS**

I,Khoa D. Nguyen, the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief FinancialOfficer of Ezenia! Inc. (the “Company”), certifies that:

1.                 I have reviewedthis annual report on Form 10-K of the Company;

2.                 Based on myknowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;

3.                 Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for,the periods presented in this annual report;

4.                 As the solecertifying officer I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financialreporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and15(d)-15(f)) for the Company and we have:

a.                 Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries,is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this annual report is being prepared;

b.                Designed suchinternal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparationof financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles;

c.                 Evaluated theeffectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presentedin this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this reportbased on such evaluation; and

d.                Disclosed in thisreport any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the Company’s fourth fiscal quarter that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internalcontrol over financial reporting; and

5.                 As the solecertifying officer I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and theaudit committee of Company’s board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions):

a.                 All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

b.                Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financialreporting.
| Date: March 31, 2005 | By:      | /s/ KHOA D.  NGUYEN       |   |
|---------------------------|----------|---------------------------|--------|
|                      |     | Khoa D. Nguyen            |   |
|                      | * * | *Chief Executive Officer* |   |
|                      | * * | *Chief Financial Officer* |   |
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