**Exhibit 31.1**

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**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TOC.F.R SECTION 240.13a-14(a)**

**(SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002)**

 

I, Steven D. Merrifield, certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewedthis report on Form 10-KSB of Ciprico Inc (“the Company”).;

 

2.             Based on my knowledge,this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.             Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for,the periods presented in this report;

 

4.             The Company’s othercertifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the Company andhave:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or causedsuch disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,to ensure that material information relating to the Company, is made known tous by others within the Company, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, orcaused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability offinancial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for externalpurposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosurecontrols and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Company’s internalcontrol over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recentfiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.             The Company’s othercertifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and theaudit committee of the Company’s board of directors:

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in thedesign or operation of internal control over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves managementor other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internalcontrol over financial reporting.

 

 
| Dated:  December 26, 2007 | Signature: | /s/  Steven D. Merrifield                  |
|--------------------------------|------------|--------------------------------------------|
|                           |       |    Steven  D. Merrifield    |
|                           |       |    Chief  Executive Officer |

 

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