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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

          CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT



I, T. Joseph Coleman,  the Chief Executive  Officer of Sun Network Group,  Inc.,
certify that:

1. I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q of Sun Network  Group,
Inc.;

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 statements made, in light of the  circumstances  under which such statements
were made, not  misleading  with respect to the period covered by this quarterly
report;

3.  Based  on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
information  included in this quarterly  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 quarterly 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 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 quarterly 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;

5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation,  to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of
registrant's   board  of  directors  (or  persons   performing   the  equivalent
functions):

a) all significant  deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls
which 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.

6. The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and I have  indicated in this
quarterly  report  whether or not there  were  significant  changes in  internal
controls or in other factors that could  significantly  affect internal controls
subsequent to the date of our most recent  evaluation,  including any corrective
actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.


November 19, 2003

                                      /s/ T. Joseph Coleman
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                                      T. Joseph Coleman, Chief Executive Officer