**Exhibit31.1**

### **CERTIFICATION**

I, LarryBuffington, certify that:

1. I have reviewedthis quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. for thequarter ended March 31, 2007;

2. Based on myknowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly report;

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

4. The registrant’sother certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) and internal control over financial reporting (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-1f(f) and 15d-1f(f)) for the registrant andwe have:

a)   Designed such disclosurecontrols and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures tobe designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relatingto the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to usby others within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisquarterly report is being prepared;

b)  Designed such internal controlover financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financialreporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assuranceregarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation offinancial statements for external purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles;

c)   Evaluated the effectiveness ofthe registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in thisreport our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

d)  Disclosed in this report anychange in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting thatoccurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’sfourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonable likely to materially affect, the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’sother certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent function):

a)   All significant deficienciesand material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls overfinancial reporting which are reasonable likely to adversely affect theregistrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;and

b)  Any fraud, whether or notmaterial, that involves management or other employees who have a significantrole in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.
| Date: May 15, 2007 | /s/ Larry E. Buffington                |   |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------|--------|
|               | Larry E.  Buffington                   |   |
|               | President and  Chief Executive Officer |   |
|               | (Principal  Executive Officer)         |   |

 

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