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SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION

                                                                    Exhibit 31.1

I, Mark S. Elliott, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this  quarterly  report on Form 10-QSB of Premier  Alliance
Group, 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 were
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 small business
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.   The  small  business   issuer's  other  certifying   officer(s)  and  I  am
responsible for establishing and maintaining  disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) for the small business
issuer and have:

     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;

     b) 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

     c)  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

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 small business  issuer's board of directors (or persons  performing
the equivalent functions):

     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

     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.

Date:  November 19, 2004                    /s/  Mark S. Elliott
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                                            Name:  Mark S. Elliott
                                            Title: President
                                            (acting Chief Executive Officer
                                            and acting Chief Financial Officer)
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