EXHIBIT 31.1

                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
            Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

         I, Louis Naegle, certify that:

         (1) I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of EMPS Research
Corporation (the "Company");

         (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;

         (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 Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

         (4) The Company's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the Company and have:

         (a)      designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure
                  that material information relating to the Company is made
                  known to us by others within those entities, particularly
                  during the period in which this annual report is being
                  prepared;

         (b)      evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure
                  controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to
                  the filing date of this annual report (the "Evaluation Date");
                  and

         (c)      presented in this annual report our conclusions about the
                  effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based
                  on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

         (5) The Company's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation, to the Company's auditors and the audit committee
of the Company's board of directors (or persons fulfilling the equivalent
function):

         (a)      all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
                  internal controls which could adversely affect the Company's
                  ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
                  data and have identified for the Company's auditors any
                  material weaknesses in internal controls; and

         (b)      any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
                  or other employees who have a significant role in the
                  Company's internal controls; and

         (6) The Company's other certifying officer and I have indicated in this
annual report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls
or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent
to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with
regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.



Date: March 29, 2004

By: /s/ Louis Naegle
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Louis Naegle, Principal Executive Officer