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Exhibit 31.1 CERTIFICATION OF PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
RULES 13a-14 AND 15d-14
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 In connection with the Quarterly Report of Ocean West Holding Corporation
(the Company) on Form 10-QSB for the period ending March 31, 2004 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report),
I, Marshall L. Stewart, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15-d14 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the Exchange Act), as adopted pursuant to §302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that: 1. I have reviewed this Report; 2. Based on my knowledge, this 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 Report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this Report, fairly present in all material respects
the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as
of, and for, the periods presented in this Report; 4. I and the other certifying officers of the Company 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 Company 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 Company, including any
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this Report is being
prepared; (b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company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 Companys internal control
over financial reporting that occurred during the Companys most recent
fiscal quarter (the Companys fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial
reporting; and 5. I and the other certifying officers have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
Companys auditors and to the audit committee of the Companys board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company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 Companys internal control
over financial reporting. Date: May 24, 2004
    
    /s/ Marshall L. StewartMarshall L. StewartPresident and Chief Executive Officer
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