**EXHIBIT      31.1**

**OPTIGENEX      INC.**

**OFFICER’S      CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 302**

| 1.   | I              have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Optigenex              Inc.; |
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| 2.   | Based              on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly report; |
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| 3.   | Based              on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information              included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects              the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the              Small              Business Issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly              report; |
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| 4.   | The              Small Business Issuer'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)) and internal              control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules              13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Small Business Issuer and              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 small business issuer, including              its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within              those              entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being              prepared; |
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| (b)   | [Omitted              pursuant to SEC Release No. 33-8238]; |
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| (c)   | Evaluated              the effectiveness of the Small Business Issuer’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 Small Business Issuer’s internal control              over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer's              most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal              quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected,              or              is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's              internal control over financial reporting;              and |
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| 5.   | The              Small Business Issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,              based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial              reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors of the small business              issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent              functions): |
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| (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 small business issuer'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 small business issuer's              internal control over financial              reporting. |
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| Date: November              19, 2007 | By:                                                                                                 | /s/ DANIEL              ZWIREN |
|                                      | Daniel                ZwirenChief                Executive Officer and Chief Financial                Officer |

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