Exhibit 31.1
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            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, AS ENACTED
                BY SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         I, John Y. Yoon, certify that:

         1. I have  reviewed  this  Annual  Report on Form  10-KSB  of  Paradigm
Medical Industries, Inc.;

         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. Base 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
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

         4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in
the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e))  for the
registrant 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
              registrant, 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  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  report
              based on such evaluation; and

         (c)  Disclosed in this 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  officers and I have disclosed,
based on its most recent evaluation,  to the registrant's auditors and the audit
committee  of  registrant's  board  of  directors  (or  persons  performing  the
equivalent functions):

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

         6. The registrant's  other certifying  officers 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 its most recent  evaluation,  including any corrective
actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Date: April 14, 2004                      /s/ John Y. Yoon
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                                          John Y. Yoon
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer