Exhibit 99.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



          In connection with the Quarterly  Report of Convera  Corporation  (the
"Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period  ended  July 31,  2002 as filed with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on the date  hereof  (the  "Report"),  I,
Patrick C. Condo, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18  U.S.C. Section 1350, as  adopted  pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)      The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)      The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
         of the Company.



By: /s/ Patrick C. Condo
Patrick C. Condo
President and Chief Executive Officer
September 16, 2002