**Exhibit 31.1**

### **CERTIFICATION**

 

 

I, Larry Buffington,certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed thisquarterly report on Form 10-Q of Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. forthe quarter ended March 31, 2009;

 

2. Based on my knowledge,this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge,the financial statements, and other financial information included in thisreport, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periodspresented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s othercertifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-1f(f) and 15d-1f(f)) for the registrant and wehave:

 

a)        Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, orcaused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly reportis being prepared;

 

b)       Designed such internal control over financialreporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to bedesigned under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding thereliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements forexternal purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c)        Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)       Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’smost recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the caseof an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonable likely tomaterially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;and

 

5. The registrant’s othercertifying 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 deficiencies and material weaknessesin the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting whichare reasonable 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 involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’sinternal controls over financial reporting.

 
| Date: May 20, 2009 | /s/ Larry E. Buffington                |
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|                    | Larry E. Buffington                    |
|                    | President and Chief  Executive Officer |
|                    | (Principal Executive  Officer)         |

 

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