EXHIBIT 32.1(A)


                            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 Vertical Computer Systems, Inc.
(the "Company") on Form 10-QSB for the period ended March 31, 2003 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), each
of the undersigned, in the capacities and on the dates indicated below, hereby
certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to his or her knowledge:

      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 operation of the
Company.


Date: June 22, 2004
                                                 By: /s/ Richard Wade
                                                     Richard Wade, President and
                                                     Chief Executive Officer


A signed  original of this written  statement  required by Section 906, or other
document  authentications,  acknowledging,  or otherwise  adopting the signature
that  appears  in typed  form  within the  electronic  version  of this  written
statement  required by Section  906,  has been  provided  to  Vertical  Computer
Systems,  Inc.  and will be retained  by Vertical  Computer  Systems,  Inc.  and
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.


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