Exhibit 31.1



CERTIFICATION



I, Anna Chagnon; President, General Counsel, and Chief Executive Officer certify that:



1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Bitstream Inc.;



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 are 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 registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;



4. The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15) for the registrant and we have:



| | a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures 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 quarterly report is being prepared;
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| | b) | 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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| | c) | 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 (the
registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) 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 officer 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:



| | 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
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data; 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 controls over financial reporting.
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|SIGNATURE                          |  | TITLE                                                   |  | DATE        
|/s/ Anna M. ChagnonAnna M. Chagnon |  | President, General Counsel, and Chief Executive Officer |  | May 17, 2004