Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
As adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Varun Nagaraj, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Sierra
Monitor Corporation; |
| 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 registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this 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)) and internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) 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) | 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 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 |
| d) | 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
officer and I have disclosed, based on my 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: March 29,
2016 |
By: |
/s/ Varun Nagaraj |
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Varun Nagaraj |
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Chief Executive Officer |