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**Exhibit        31.1**

**Rules        13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)**

**CERTIFICATION        (Chief Executive Officer)**

|   | 1. | I                  have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Proginet                  Corporation; |
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|   | 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; |
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|   | 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                  small                  business issuer                  as                  of, and for, the periods presented in this annual                  report. |
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|   | 4. | The                  small                  business issuer'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                  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 officers 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                  functions): |
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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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|   | */s/*Kevin                  M.                  Kelly                                      |
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|   | Kevin                  M. Kelly                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|   | President                  and Chief Executive Officer                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

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