**Exhibit 31.1**

 

CERTIFICATION OF

CHIEFEXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

I, Todd E. Wille, certify that: 

 

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report onForm 10-Q of Unify Corporation; 

 

2.   Based on my knowledge, this quarterly reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with arespect to the period covered by this quarterly report; 

 

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presentedin this quarterly report; 

 

4.   The registrant’s other certifying officersand I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) forthe registrant and we have: 

 

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

 

(b)  evaluatedthe effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and 

 

(c)  disclosedin this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and 

 

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officersand I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal controlover financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committeeof the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions): 

 

(a)  allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and 

 

(b)  anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting. 

 
|                     | /s/ TODD E. WILLE                        |
|--------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|                     | Todd E. Wille                            |
|                     | *President  and Chief Executive Officer* |
|                     | *(Principal  Executive Office)r*         |
|                     |                                     |
| Dated: September 9, 2003 |

 

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