| 1.   | I      have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Vivid Learning Systems,      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.   | Based      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 Exchange Act 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 annual 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 period covered by this 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 our      most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to      the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of      directors (or persons performing the equivalent  functions): |
|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                          |   |                                               |   |
|-----------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------------------|--------|
| Date:      December 4, 2008    | By:    | /s/ Matthew      J. Hammer                    |   |
|                                          |   | Matthew      J. HammerChief      Executive Officer |   |
|                                          |   |                                               |   |
|                                          |   |                                               |   |