Exhibit
31.1



CERTIFICATION

OF
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT
TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS
ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF

THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



I,
Randy May, certify that:



|1. | I
    have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Ecoark Holdings, Inc.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|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;                              
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|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
    present in this report;                                                   
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|4. | The
    registrant’s other certifying officer(s) 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 13-a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
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|5. | The
    registrant’s other certifying officer(s) 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 the registrant’s board of directors
    (or persons performing the equivalent functions):                                      
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|Date:
    July 6, 2016                                          | 
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|/s/
    Randy May                                               | 
|Randy
        May
        (Principal
        Executive Officer) |