**Exhibit31.1**

### **CERTIFICATION**

I, Ricardo Salas,certify that:

1. I have reviewedthis quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. for thequarter ended June 30, 2006;

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 disclosure controls and procedures, or caused suchdisclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, toensure that material information relating to the registrant, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is beingprepared;

b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or causedsuch internal control over financial reporting to be designed under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability offinancial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for externalpurposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosurecontrols and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s mostrecent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of anannual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonable likely tomaterially affect, the registrant’s internal 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 deficiencies and material weaknesses in the designor operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonablelikely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information; and

b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in theregistrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.
| Date: August 9, 2006 |   | /s/ Ricardo Salas                      |   |
|----------------------|--------|----------------------------------------|--------|
|                 |   | Ricardo Salas                          |
|                 |   | President and  Chief Executive Officer |
|                 |   | (Principal  Executive Officer)         |

 

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