|EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Stephen G. Luke, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:
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| | 1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Nationwide Financial Solutions, Inc.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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| | 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;                                                     
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| | 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 small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;                                                             
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| | 4. | The small business issuers other certifying officer(s) 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) | [Reserved] Paragraph omitted pursuant to SEC Release Nos. 33-8238 and 34-47986;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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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 and the audit committee 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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| | Dated:  June 8, 2005                     
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| | /S/  STEPHEN G. LUKE                     
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| | Stephen G. Luke
  Chief Executive Officer

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