Exhibit 31(a)

                        CERTIFICATION

I, Robert V. Tarantino, certify that:

     1.  I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
of Dataram Corporation;

     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)) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-
15(f) and 15d-15(f)) 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) Designed such internal control over financial
reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles;

          (c) 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

          (d) 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):

          (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.

                             ROBERT V. TARANTINO
Date:  March 9, 2004         ______________________________
                             Robert V. Tarantino, President
                             and Chief Executive Officer