**Exhibit 31.1**

 

## ***CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION***

I, Frank R. Sanchez, certify that:

 
| 1.     |                                                                                                                                                                                        | I have reviewed this annual report on Form  10-K of Sanchez Computer Associates, Inc.;                                               |
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| 2.     |                                                                                                                                                                                        | Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual report; |
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| 3.     |                                                                                                                                                                                        | Based on my knowledge, the financial  statements, and other financial information included in this annual report,  fairly present    |
|   | in all material respects the financial  condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and  for, the periods presented in this annual report;                     |
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| 4.     |                                                                                                                                                                                        | The registrant’s other certifying officers  and I 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 registrant and we have:                                                                                      |
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                 | 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 registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us  by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this  annual report is being prepared; |
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                 | b. | *intentionally omitted pursuant to transition reporting permitted  under SEC Release No 33-8238*; |
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                 | c. | evaluated  the effectiveness of the registrant’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 |
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                 | d. | disclosed in  this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial  reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter  that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,  the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting, and |
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| 5.     |                                                                                                                                                                                        | The registrant’s other certifying officers  and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control  over |
|   | financial reporting, to the registrant’s  auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or  persons performing the equivalent function):               |
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                 | a. | all  significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation  of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonable likely to  adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and  report financial information; and |
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                 | b. | any fraud,  whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have  a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial  reporting. |

 

 
| Date: March  15, 2004    |
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| /s/ Frank R. Sanchez     |   |
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| Frank R. Sanchez         |
| Chief  Executive Officer |

 

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