**Exhibit 31.1**

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

15 U.S.C. SECTION 7241 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Larry M. Wright, certify that:

 
| 1.     | I  have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Stratum Holdings, Inc.  (the “small business issuer”);                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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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;                                                                                    |
| 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 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 the Exchange Act  Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) 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)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Designed  such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal  control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to  provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting  and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in  accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
|   | 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 |
|   | 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 that has materially affected, or is reasonably  likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal controls  over financial reporting; and |
| 5.     | The  small business issuer’s other certifying officer 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  function):                                               |
|   | 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:  June 5, 2008

 

 
| /s/ Larry M. Wright     |   |
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| Larry M. Wright         |   |
| Chief Executive Officer |   |

 

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