                                                                    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 Technest Holdings, Inc. and
Subsidiaries (the "Company") on Form 10-QSB for the period ending June 30, 2002
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Michael Sheppard, President of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 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 result of  operations of the
Company.

/s/Michael Sheppard
Michael Sheppard
President and
Director (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
August 19, 2002

