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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1




                                  CERTIFICATION



I, Frederick K. Minturn, certify that:

         1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of MSX
              International, Inc.;

         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;

         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 registrant as of, and for, the
              periods presented in this quarterly report;

         4.   The registrant'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)) for the registrant and we 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 registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
                 made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
                 during the period in which this quarterly report is being
                 prepared;
              b) (reserved)
              c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant'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
                 quarterly report based on such evaluation; and
              d) disclosed in this quarterly report any change in the
                 registrant's internal control over financial reporting that
                 occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter
                 (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
                 annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
                 likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control
                 over financial reporting; and

         5.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
              based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
              financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
              committee of the registrant'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
                 registrant'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 registrant's
                 internal control over financial reporting.



Date: August 8, 2003

/S/  FREDERICK K. MINTURN
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Frederick K. Minturn
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer